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Bull roarer/churinga
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Object Number 51-32-70/3506
Display Title Bull roarer/churinga
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bull roarer, carved wood, oblong, tapered to point one end, perforated other end, incised circular design
Classification
  • Art 3-D
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 14.8 x 2.4 x 0.5 cm (5 13/16 x 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-32-70/3506; Central Australia
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition (6/26/1951)
Collector N.B. Tindale (1951)
Collector Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell (1951)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
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51-32-70/3505 Bull roarer/churinga
Carving
Northern Territory
Media Restricted
51-32-70/3504 Bull roarer/churinga
Special
Northern Territory
Media Restricted
967-71-70/4669 Bull Roarer/Churinga
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Northern Territory
Media Restricted
967-71-70/4670 Bull Roarer/Churinga
Unclassified
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Media Restricted
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Tools
Shaft, modified
Northern Territory
Media Restricted
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Tools
Northern Territory
Media Restricted
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Northern Territory
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Tools
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Media Restricted
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Toy
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Media Restricted
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Media Restricted
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