Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), 19th century, Australia, Size: H: 106,8 cm B: 20,5 cm (H: 42.0 inch B: 8.1 inch), ID: 3046928

Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), 19th century, Australia, Size: H: 106,8 cm B: 20,5 cm (H: 42.0 inch B: 8.1 inch), ID: 3046928 - 2/2

Lot 64

Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), 19th century · Australia · ID: 3046928

Name: Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), 19th century
SKU: 3046928
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Eric Coote, Sidney, Australia
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA

Size

H: 106,8 cm

B: 20,5 cm

H: 42.0 inch

B: 8.1 inch

Description

wood, pigments,
“Tjuringas” were displayed at initiations by elders to explain traditions and legends to novices.

The linear incisions might refer to any number of beings, myths, fabulous beings of the Dreamtime, parts of the heavens or the landscape, plants, and animals and their tracks.

Because any of these motifs can be used to represent many different things, the meaning of a single “tjuringa” is impossible to interpret without information from its owner.

The object Sacred board “tjuringa” (“churinga”, “tjurunga”), 19th century with the object ID 3046928 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 64.

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