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Album 05: Bora Ground at Banaway [Collymongle]

Album 05: Bora Ground at Banaway [Collymongle], near Mogil Mogil, NSW, c. 1930s–1941
Russell Black
CC Towle collection
PXE 1018 / vol. 5

Amongst all the carved trees, very few have figurative images and there are only two images of human figures. One appears to be wearing a skirt and the other is a silhouette, possibly created when figures were cut from the bark of trees to be used elsewhere in the bora rite. Snakes, boomerangs and spears are also depicted.

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16 Apr 2011 – 26 Jun 2011
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The Dendroglyphs or Carved Trees of NSW

First published in 1918, this 2011 facsimile reprint has a new cover, half-title page and reduced size map. Published by Sydney University Press in conjunction with the State Library of NSW.
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