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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