Bull-Roarer
P1850
From: Australia | South Australia | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Churinga |
| Object Number | P1850 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia | Central Australia |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Red Ochre |
| Description | A wooden bull-roarer covered in red ochre. There is very thin and shallow fluting on both sides. There is a large, carved hole on the left tip of the bull-roarer, and wavy lines etched horizontally across the body which intersect with each other. The back has two main sets of wavy lines which intersect and etched semi-circles along the top and bottom of the bull-roarer. The collector, J.T. Huston, originally identified this item as a message stick; however, it is confirmed to be a bull-roarer. Huston additionally incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as peeta. |
| Length | 47 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 4 - Other Number |
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