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Object Number
30-54-70/D3413
Display Title
Bull roarer, bush cotton and blood
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bullroarer, flat wood elliptical piece with cordage attached, pointed stick
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
/
Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms
Northeast
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Hair?, Cotton?
Dimensions
Overall: 100.6 x 9.5 x 1.3 cm (39 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
D-3413
Provenance
Collector
W. Lloyd Warner
(1929-1930)
Seller
W. Lloyd Warner
(1930)
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Tools
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Northern Territory
| |
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Australia
| |
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Tools
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
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Special
|
Arizona
| |
| 09-21-30/74707 | Bull roarer-like object |
Tools
|
Chile
| |
|
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| 36-122-70/565 | Bull roarer - wood (woomera) |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
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Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Western Australia
| |
|
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Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4670 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Australia
| |
|
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| 22-2-50/B3027 | Bull roarer |
Shaft, modified
Accessory |
Cameroon
| |
|
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| 18-25-70/D981 | Bull roarer |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Massim
| |
|
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| 32-68-70/D4003.1 | bull roarer |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Western Australia
Wyndham |