An Aborigine large churinga Australia wood

An Aborigine large churinga

Australia

wood, with incised linear geometric decoration, with remains of white pigment and red ochre, the reverse with an adzed finish,

241cm long.

This board is said to represent all the main laws of the tribe.

Provenance

Purchased from the family of Henry Hubert, a road engineer working in the Kalgoorie and Northern Goldfields area prior to WWI.