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

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

Context (Amendments / updates)
There is no further information regarding the identity of the donor. Possibly from the Broome area
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Wooden bullroarer, carved on one side.
Event Date 28/4/1993
Author: maa