Rare set of three churingas or Tjurunga Central... Lot 108

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.