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Image Not Available for Bull-roarer - wooden chip on vine - used by boys as toy - no apparent +
Bull-roarer - wooden chip on vine - used by boys as toy - no apparent +
Image Not Available for Bull-roarer - wooden chip on vine - used by boys as toy - no apparent +
Object Number 64-18-70/4259
Display Title Bull-roarer - wooden chip on vine - used by boys as toy - no apparent +
Descriptions
Object Description Bull-roarer - wooden chip on vine - used by boys as toy - no apparent +
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baleim; Kutelu Area

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Media Restricted
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Toy
Shaft, modified
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Media Restricted
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Toy
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Media Restricted
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Worked Wood
Shaft, modified
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Media Restricted
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San Cristobal Island
Media Restricted
 		967-71-70/4662 Wooden bull-roarer with incised geometric designs and string attached 8" long
Unclassified
Shaft, modified
Australia
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Raw Material
Tools
Tabasco
Sonora
Media Restricted
 		967-71-70/4668 Bull Roarer/Churinga
Tools
Shaft, modified
Northern Territory
Media Restricted
 		967-71-70/4669 Bull Roarer/Churinga
Ornament
Shaft, modified
Northern Territory
Media Restricted
 		967-71-70/4670 Bull Roarer/Churinga
Unclassified
Shaft, modified
Australia
Media Restricted
 		967-71-70/4667 Bull Roarer/Churinga
Tools
Northern Territory
Media Restricted
 		51-32-70/3505 Bull roarer/churinga
Carving
Northern Territory
Image Not Available for Bull roarer/churinga
51-32-70/3506 Bull roarer/churinga
Art 3-D
Northern Territory