Temple Objects - Inverell Pioneer Village

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The inscription on this plaque is a list of 155 names. The matching design of this plaque, which...

A Chinese-temple donation inscription that is couched as an address to that temple’s deity or deities, as is...

This name plaque, which would perhaps have originally been displayed above a front doorway, may come from Tingha’s...

This canister was used to hold the chim sticks, or fortune sticks, that were used in divination rituals...

Dedicated to Sudhana Kumāra, an acolyte of Avalokitasvara (a.k.a. Kwun Yam), it is therefore highly likely that the printing blocks...

The papers printed on this block would have been the answers to health questions asked of 華佗 Hua...

This stamp belonged to one or both of Tingha’s Chinese Masonic society buildings. The “Yee Hing Society” was...

A remnant of the packaging of an incense packet from Macao, from the firm 陳聯馨 “Chun Lun Hing”....

Nine packets of incense, printed in red ink, and probably used in Tingha. From the firm 陳聯馨 “Chun...

IMG_6653 Inverell Pioneer Village - Right long couplet board - Paul Macgregor 16.4.21

Temple Objects – Inverell Pioneer Village