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Object Number
06-5-10/65839
Display Title
Bull-roarer
Descriptions
Object Description
Bull-roarer
Inventory Description
Percussion, bull-roarer, wood, flat butt, tapered to point, red, black bands, pe
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Pomo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
/
Lake County
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 63 x 6 x 2 cm (24 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
65839
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
Dealer
Dr. Fred Hagan
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(01/01/1906)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-5-10/65838 | Bull-roarer |
Percussion
|
Lake County
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 33-97-10/1791 | Small "whizzer" or bull roarer used in Hopi ceremonial |
Worked Wood
Shaft, modified |
Ruined house
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 51-32-70/3505 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Carving
|
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28734 | Wooden bull-roarer with lightning design. Used to warn people away from kiva. |
Special
|
Arizona
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Bull roarer/churinga
| 51-32-70/3506 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Art 3-D
|
Northern Territory
| |
| 56-28-20/19814 | Wood "Bull Roarers" for ceremonial use (2) |
Tools
Raw Material |
Sonora
Tabasco | |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4667 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Tools
|
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4668 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Tools
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4662 | Wooden bull-roarer with incised geometric designs and string attached 8" long |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4669 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4670 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 13-24-60/84999 | Bull roarer ? |
Whistle
Shaft, modified |
Assam
|