Bull-Roarer

P1854

From: Australia | South Australia | Central Australia

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Churinga irula
Object Number P1854
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 bullroarer covered in red ochre. There is a carved hole on the one of the ends and a thin crack running right along the top edge of the other end. Next to the carved hole are 7 vertical lines which are followed by a set of three lines that form a large inverted “U.” In the middle of the bullroarer is a curved backwards “S” with two spirals on either side of it. The back has an etched spiral in the middle of it with vertical lines on either side. On the left side, a backwards “C” shape is etched in with a set of four vertical lines and then a second backwards ‘C’ made with three lines. The design is ended by four vertical lines. The right side has one “C” shaped etching of four lines and then around three vertical lines. The design ends with an etched wavy line.

The collector, J.T. Huston, incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as peeta.

Length 28 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907
Other Number 10 - Other Number

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