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Bull Roarer/Churinga
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Object Number 967-71-70/4667
Display Title Bull Roarer/Churinga
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden incised tjurunga (?) (bull-roarer?) 14" x 2 3/4"
Inventory Description Bullroarer, carved wood, elliptical, incised design, plant fiber cord attached
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Dimensions Overall: 35.4 x 7.1 x 1.1 cm (13 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Cent. Australia / tjurunga / 967-71-70/4667
Provenance
Collector Russell H. Harris
Seller Mrs. John Linden (12/13/1967)

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