Bull-Roarer
P1853
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Churinga irula |
| Object Number | P1853 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Arrernte |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia |
| Locus | South Australia [Historic Attribute] |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Hair | Red Ochre |
| Description | A wooden bullroarer covered in red ochre. A cord of black hair is attached on the left side. On the other end, the tip of the bullroarer is chipped with a crack running about 4 cm down the length of the body. Five spirals are etched across the front of the body and connected along the top by “^” shaped lines with three horizontal lines connecting them in the middle and “v” shaped lines connecting the bottom of the spirals. The back has the same design etched on it, but the wood is much darker. “Used in men's initiation ceremony.” (Catalog Card) The collector, J.T. Huston incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as peeta. |
| Length | 30 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 7 - Other Number |
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