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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