Chim stick canister 1

This canister was used to hold the chim sticks, or fortune sticks, that were used in divination rituals at temples. It is a match for Chim sticker canister 2, which is at Inverell Pioneer Village. The two canisters may have been from the same temple in Tingha.

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Private collection

Chim stick canister 1 -Green Valley Farm — *Chim stick canister 1 – Private collection (IMG_6486, 14.4.21)*

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Our Chinese Past Inc was formed in 2020 by a group of historians and genealogists – Juanita Kwok, Paul Macgregor, Gill Oxley, Malcolm Oakes and Kira Brown. We are a not-for-profit organisation which aims to conduct projects to support local museums in preserving, researching and promoting Chinese Australian heritage artefacts in their collections

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We acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians of the lands where the temples once stood. We acknowledge the deep feelings of attachment and relationship of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to country. We acknowledge the Anaiwan, Bigambul, Gamilaraay, Jukambal, Kwiagambal, Ngoorabul, Nucoorilma and Wirrayaraay peoples. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.