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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
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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