Bullroarer

Museum number:
11-3296
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.960
Description:
tjurunga( wooden) ( bull-roarer for spiritual use).
Donor:
University of Melbourne
Collection place:
Northern Territory, Australia
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bull-roarers
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1961-1962 #54: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (March 20, 1962–March 21, 1962), S1962-1963 #50: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (March 27, 1963–March 27, 1963), S1963-1964 #79: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (April 15, 1964–April 15, 1964), S1965-1966 #66: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (February 25, 1966–February 25, 1966), S1968-1969 #117: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (May 6, 1969–May 6, 1969), S1975-1976 #64: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Alan Dundes (March 17, 1976–March 19, 1976), S1975-1976 #90: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Alan Dundes (May 26, 1976–May 27, 1976), S1976-1977 #61: Citizens Savings (March 25, 1977–April 11, 1977), and S1980-1981 #57: Harding Elementary School (March 26, 1981–March 27, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bullroarer, accession number 11-3296, described as tjurunga( wooden) ( bull-roarer for spiritual use).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bullroarer, accession number 11-3296, described as tjurunga( wooden) ( bull-roarer for spiritual use).

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