Bull-Roarer
P1852
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Churinga |
| Object Number | P1852 |
| 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 | Red Ochre |
| Description | A wooden bull-roarer covered in red ochre with very thin fluting on both sides. The front has two small spirals etched in the middle with two semi-circles curving inwards from the bottom and top. A horseshoe shaped etching is next to both spirals. On the right, the horseshoe is mirrored by another one with three vertical lines ending the design and a carved hole at the tip. On the right side, the horseshoe curves out towards the edges of the stick and three vertical lines end the design. 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 | 18 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 17 - Other Number |
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