Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), late 19th century ·  North Australia, Wardaman · ID: 3046792

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”), late 19th century with the object ID 3046792 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 33 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,400.

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