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Object Number
36-122-70/589
Display Title
Humming top (boonpootcha)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Boonpootcha
Inventory Description
Rattle?, broken gourd, hollow, attached to wood handle with resin
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Queensland
/
Northern Queensland
Additional Geographic Terms
North Queensland
Materials
Gourd, Wood, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 16.3 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm (6 7/16 x 2 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
36-122-70/589
Provenance
Intermediary
Dr. Hallam L. Movius, Jr.
(1936)
Previous owner
Previously owned by
Robert Pulleine
Seller
Estate of Dr. Robert Pulleine
(11/19/1936)
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