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It could be a wooden cigar from an old cigar Indian statue that stood outside tobacco shops, even though was very non PC. Also could be an indigenous Australian musical stick. Usually two banged together to create a background beat for a dance or behind a digeridoo.

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1 hour ago, 99call said:

some sort of aboriginal tool?

Both you and Bill are close enough. 

Definately not WOKE  but it would be a great name and shape for the first Australian regional :D

I can see the protesters now outside the office :rotfl:

Wooden Churinga

 A Churinga or Tjurunga is thought to be an object of wood or stone made by various aboriginal tribes of Central Australia and that is often elliptical in shape, bears incised designs, is believed to represent either the spiritual double of a living native or the embodiment of the spirit of a totemic ancestor.

Wooden Churinga

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For an interesting exploration of religion from a sociological perspective based on what was discovered from Australian totemism at the time see Emile Durkheim's the elementary forms of the religious life.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elementary_Forms_of_the_Religious_Life

I remember the term from there.

Also don't look up the rite of subincision. At least not any pictures...

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1 hour ago, Bijan said:

For an interesting exploration of religion from a sociological perspective based on what was discovered from Australian totemism at the time see Emile Durkheim's the elementary forms of the religious life.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elementary_Forms_of_the_Religious_Life

I remember the term from there.

Also don't look up the rite of subincision. At least not any pictures...

subincision.jpg.85816bb098191c1785f44207e1202a0b.jpg

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15 minutes ago, loose_axle said:

Wouldn't a Cuaba "Churinga" fit the bill a tad better? I mean visually... 🤷‍♂️

Or even better, a new line called Churinga (like Edmundo Dantes) and it's a Churinga Presidente (so figurado like a Partagas Presidente) in honour of @El Presidente. And I'm not brown nosing I've just had two hours sleep in the last 48 hours and a fair bit of alcohol and the imagination is on pseudo acid... 

No keep going.

Some of Steve's best work has been while on acid 😁

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