Bull-Roarer
P1848
From: Australia | South Australia | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Churinga |
| Object Number | P1848 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia | Central Australia |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Fur | Red Ochre |
| Description | A wooden bull-roarer covered in red ochre with a cord of wallaby fur attatched on one end. The front side contains etchings of four spirals spaced evenly across the body and connected by “^” shaped lines on the top and “v” shaped lines on the bottom. The back is much darker and also has four spirals evenly spaced across the body. These spirals are connected by diagonal lines that meet in the middle of the next spiral and come from either end of the previous spiral. “Cord of wallaby fur markings represent whirlwing.” (Catalog Card) The collector, J.T. Huston, incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as peeta. |
| Length | 32 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 3 - Other Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.