Bull-Roarer
P1851
From: Australia | South Australia | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Churinga |
| Object Number | P1851 |
| 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 | The collector, J.T. Huston, labeled this object as coming from the Arrernte people; however, the geographical location does not align with the Arrernte territory and therefore has not been assigned a cultural group. A wooden bull-roarer covered in red ochre with very thin fluting on both sides. There is some darker staining on both ends of the front of the stick and an etched pattern of two sets of wavy lines intersecting across the body. The back has the same pattern with some remnants of black pigment on the lefthand side. 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 | 20 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 5 - Other Number |
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