No. MUS2026-224Australia
Fortescue River ancestor-design bullroarer pair
Fortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia
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Source term: bullroarer or tjuringa (churinga)
A sacred design representing a totemic ancestor fills one face of each large wooden blade.
Large, wooden bullroarer, or tjuringa (churinga), with one face inscribed with sacred designs, which represent a totemic ancestor.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, catalogue description for accession E 1915.20.5
Particulars
- Object
- Two large wooden blades, each carved on one face with sacred designs representing a totemic ancestor.
- Function
- Not recorded.
Source
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, E 1915.20.4 and E 1915.20.5 (Fortescue River, Western Australia)