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Object Number
967-71-70/4669
Display Title
Bull Roarer/Churinga
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden incised tjurunga (?) (bull-roarer?) 14" x 5 1/2"
Inventory Description
Ornament, carved wood, ovoid, flat one side, incised designs, perforated
Classification
- Ornament
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 14 x 2.9 cm (14 3/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
967-71-70/4669 / Central Australia / tjun#ga
Provenance
Collector
Russell H. Harris
Seller
Mrs. John Linden
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4670 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4668 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Tools
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4667 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Tools
|
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
| 51-32-70/3504 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Special
|
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 28-47-70/D3262 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49478 | Bull roarer(whirler charm) |
Ornament
Shaft, modified |
Queensland
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4662 | Wooden bull-roarer with incised geometric designs and string attached 8" long |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Australia
| |
|
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
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 35-78-10/4991 | Bull roarer--used only as boy's toy |
Shaft, modified
Toy |
Inyo County
|