Aboriginal Ceremonies Central Australia - Ngajakula

Ceremonial shields

Ceremonial wooden “kurdiji”, (shields) and a “mangaya” ceremonial object with decorations relating to snake dreaming, prepared for a “Ngajakula” or “Kurangarra” ceremony in Lajamanu. Designs are painted and stuck on with “wamurlu” wild cotton, dyed with red ochre.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Fri Jul 01, 1977
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