| Description | wahrscheinlich Aranda | Hartwig Harms: “A short description of the four pieces: Three are made from wood; 2 of them have engravings on both sides, 1 only on one side. One is made of clay, with engravings on both side. All engravings have very similar patterns.There is no register which tells about the time they arrived here at Hermannsburg nor how they were obtained. There are ink marks written on them which indicate that they were registered here before 1900. Since the three Hermannsburg missionaries Schwarz, Schulze and Kempe left Hermannsburg/Ntaria by 1891, they probably were sent here before that year. (It is less likely that they came from missionary Warber, who during his short presence in Ntaria 1892-4 saw no future for the mission work.) – People here did not understand their religious function, so the wooden tjurungas were interpreted as “Schwirrhölzer” (bullroarers). Small wholes were drilled into the tops so that they could be displayed hanging.” |
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Hartwig Harms [ELM]: “There is no register which tells about the time they arrived here at Hermannsburg nor how they were obtained. There are ink marks written on them which indicate that they were registered here before 1900. Since the three Hermannsburg missionaries Schwarz, Schulze and Kempe left Hermannsburg/Ntaria by 1891, they probably were sent here before that year. (It is less likely that they came from missionary Warber, who during his short presence in Ntaria 1892-4 saw no future for the mission work).”