Tjuringa · Australia · ID: 3038148
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Mark Eglinton, New York, USASize
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, red pigment, lancet-shaped, flattened, both sides decorated with incised ornaments, min. dam., small missing part, slight traces of abrasion, base;
“tjuringas” represent one of the most sacred items of the aborigines. Every adult man ownes his personal “tjuringa”, embodying the totem spirit of its owner.
The object Tjuringa with the object ID 3038148 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 64 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Brüll, Margarete, Die Kultur der Traumzeit, Freiburg 1991, p. 80 f.