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Object Number
25-46-70/D2431
Display Title
Bull roarer
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bullroarer, carved wood, ovate, flat, perforated, grooved concentric rectangles
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms
Drysdale River, Kimberley.
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 73.3 x 7.9 x 1 cm (28 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-2431
Provenance
Intermediary
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Collector
Unknown
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4670 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4662 | Wooden bull-roarer with incised geometric designs and string attached 8" long |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4003.1 | bull roarer |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Western Australia
Wyndham | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2449 | Bull roarer |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Western Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 28-47-70/D3262 | Bull roarer/churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 18-25-70/D981 | Bull roarer |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Massim
| |
|
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 | |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4668 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Tools
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 22-2-50/B3027 | Bull roarer |
Shaft, modified
Accessory |
Cameroon
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 30-54-70/D3413 | Bull roarer, bush cotton and blood |
Tools
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 86-23-10/39260.1 | Bull roarers (13 of 14) |
Unclassified
|
Castaic
|