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Aboriginal People,Australia.Churinga decorated with circles and wavy lines to both sides, 1st half 20th century, ex british private collection, 21 x 9cm

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Aboriginal People,Australia.Churinga decorated with circles and wavy lines to both sides, 1st half 20th century, ex british private collection, 21 x 9cm

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Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Churinga Aboriginal population Western Australia Wood, pigment Presumed period: early 20th century Dimensions: Height 78cm plus width 12cm Provenance: Former collection of the Blacks Museum, Mt. Gambier, Australia Wayne Heathcote Collection, Great Britain Vigneron Collection, Brussels A sacred object among Australia's aboriginal peoples, the tjurunga belonged to an individual or a group. Traditionally, only initiated men were allowed to own one, as it came from a founding ancestor of the totemic clan and held great importance in the realm of the sacred, being carefully preserved in a secret place. Carved and incised on both sides with a series of engraved geometrically decorated lines alternating between circles and squares, this piece has a beautiful, bright orange color.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Churinga or Tjurunga Central desert. Australia Stone Height: 28 cm Provenance - Galerie Olivier Castellano, Paris -French private collection Aboriginal, a term derived from the Latin ab origine, meaning "from the beginning", has become the generic name for those who populate Australia. The Aboriginal people did not pray to one or more gods, nor did they practice sacrifice, but they did have an intense religious life organized around important rituals called corroboree, during which men relived the moments of creation by incarnating themselves the fantastic beings to which their totemic group attached them individually. The churinga is a mysterious object, flat and elongated, rounded or pointed at both ends, used for ritual dances. It was not used everywhere in Australia, but over a very wide area, in the great central semi-desert region, and in the west, especially in the north-west, in the Kimberley region. Carved with mysterious motifs of a fundamentally symbolic nature, their foundation lies in the traces left on the sand by animals, plants and humans. An arc of a circle could represent the mark left by a man sitting on the ritual site. The intense red color was rendered by the special care they received: anointed with grease and ochre after each ceremony, they were preciously wrapped and protected by a tapa, or animal skin, and kept in a secret place until the next ritual. A highly symbolic object, the churinga embodied another form of the Self, detached from the self. Every member of the community would have had at least one in the pertalchera of their totem, male or female, but only initiated men could see and handle them. Inscribed in an elongated oval shape, this piece is decorated with seven engraved concentric circles of varying sizes. A fine example, the red surface showing brown tones in places.

Estim. 8 000 - 10 000 EUR

Rare set of three churingas or Tjurunga Central Desert. Australia Wood and ochre pigment Heights: 26cm, 29.cm and 30 cm Provenance: - Marc Pinto Collection. Perth. Australia -French private collection Rare set of three churinga carved by the same artist with engraved circles, dots and wavy lines referring to the clan's original myths. These tjurunga were pierced at one end to serve as a rhomb, an archaic musical instrument spun in a circle with a string made of human hair, still present on these three churinga, to produce a low-pitched sound representing the way of the Dreamtime spirits.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Churinga Tribe Arunta Central desert. Australia Wood, ochre pigment Height: 32.5 cm Provenance : - The Black museum, Australia -Private collection USA -French private collection Oval-shaped, with pointed ends, the surface is enlivened by two beautiful shades of light and dark ochre, and by beautiful concentric circles engraved in different sizes.

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