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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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