Club

Museum number:
11-38385
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110038385
Accession number:
Acc.2173
Description:
Bull roarer; paddle-shaped; ochre ground; one face decorated with anterior end of iguana filled with cross-hatching; other face has 2 snakes on ochre ground
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1966-1967 #51: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (January 5, 1967–January 20, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Club, accession number 11-38385, described as Bull roarer; paddle-shaped; ochre ground; one face decorated with anterior end of iguana filled with cross-hatching; other face has 2 snakes on ochre groundHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Club, accession number 11-38385, described as Bull roarer; paddle-shaped; ochre ground; one face decorated with anterior end of iguana filled with cross-hatching; other face has 2 snakes on ochre ground

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