Lot n° 14
Estimation :
800 - 1200
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 800EUR
CHURINGA ABORIGEN BOARD, Australia
Hardwood... - Lot 14 - Crait + Müller
CHURINGA ABORIGEN BOARD, Australia
Hardwood with brown patina
L. 64 cm
Large Aboriginal churinga with narrative decoration carved in a series of split arcs on either side of a central motif in concentric circles.
Like a mnemonic "map", the motifs referred to a legend from the Dreamtime (a mythological era foundational to Aboriginal culture), and enabled its recounting.
Sacred objects, churingas were preserved in a tapa or animal skin envelope and hidden in secret places outside initiation periods, during which they were displayed.
Quite ancient.
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