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Object Number
967-71-70/4668
Display Title
Bull Roarer/Churinga
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden incised tjurunga (?) (bull-roarer?) 12" x 3 3/4"
Inventory Description
Bullroarer, carved wood, ovoid, incised design, plant fiber cord attached
Classification
- Tools
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment?
Dimensions
Overall: 30.4 x 9.8 x 1.6 cm (11 15/16 x 3 7/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
967-71-70/4668; Cent. Australia / tjurunga / 967-71-70/4668
Provenance
Collector
Russell H. Harris
Seller
Mrs. John Linden
(12/13/1967)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4667 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Tools
|
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4670 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4669 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
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
| 28-47-70/D3262 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 51-32-70/3504 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Special
|
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 51-32-70/3505 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Carving
|
Northern Territory
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Bull roarer/churinga
| 51-32-70/3506 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Art 3-D
|
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 30-54-70/D3413 | Bull roarer, bush cotton and blood |
Tools
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28734 | Wooden bull-roarer with lightning design. Used to warn people away from kiva. |
Special
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 36-122-70/565 | Bull roarer - wood (woomera) |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Northern Territory
| |
| 08-36-70/74328 | Bull roarer |
Unclassified
|
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto |