Accession No

Z 27606


Description

Uncarved, lightweight bullroarer.


Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; ?Queensland; ?Cape York Peninsula


Period


Source


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 27606


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Inscription)
Marked, "Possibly Cape York, where these objects are not engraved" .
Event Date
Author: Rachel Hand


Context (Amendments / updates)
Churinga are inscribed with sacred designs, which represent a totemic ancestor. Aboriginal women and uninitiated boys are forbidden to see them. Their meaning is only fully divulged to men who are initiated into that totem and who are of elder status. Those with a hole bored in one end (stone ones excepted), for the attachment of a cord, are called bullroarers. When whirled round, they produce a characteristic sound believed to be " spirit talk"
Event Date
Author: Rachel Hand


Description (Physical description)
Uncarved, lightweight bullroarer,
Event Date
Author: maa


FM:87816

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