Message stick
central desert
19th / 20th cent.
appr. 23 inch, about 8 lbs, with base
hardwood, ocre
Euro 3.500

This is a nearly unique and rare message stick or churinga from the central area of Australia. It has 5 inches in diameter and weighs nearly 7 lbs ! The surface is extremly precisly and finely covered in motifs from the dreamtime. A churinga which not only attracts visually but also through touching.