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Object Number 32-68-70/D4003.1
Display Title bull roarer
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bullroarer, wood, ovate, flat, perforated, grooved designs one side
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Wyndham
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 19.9 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm (7 13/16 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/4003; 32-68-70/D4003.1
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1904)
Seller University of Pennsylvania (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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