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Object Number
13-24-60/84999
Display Title
Bull roarer ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Whistle, bull roarer, carved wood oval, painted black design, notch at one end
Classification
- Whistle
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
India
/
Assam
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 40.5 x 7.9 x 1.2 cm (15 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
84999
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4668 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Tools
Shaft, modified |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4669 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Shaft, modified
Ornament |
Northern Territory
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4662 | Wooden bull-roarer with incised geometric designs and string attached 8" long |
Shaft, modified
Unclassified |
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4670 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 35-78-10/4991 | Bull roarer--used only as boy's toy |
Shaft, modified
Toy |
Inyo County
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 96-25-70/49478 | Bull roarer(whirler charm) |
Ornament
Shaft, modified |
Queensland
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 33-97-10/1791 | Small "whizzer" or bull roarer used in Hopi ceremonial |
Worked Wood
Shaft, modified |
Ruined house
| |
|
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
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28734 | Wooden bull-roarer with lightning design. Used to warn people away from kiva. |
Special
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4667 | Bull Roarer/Churinga |
Tools
|
Northern Territory
| |
| 56-28-20/19814 | Wood "Bull Roarers" for ceremonial use (2) |
Tools
Raw Material |
Sonora
Tabasco |