Alcheringa Images

Bullroarer / Churinga

Lizard churinga made from wood. Indigenous name: tjunba. Purchased by Pastor Johann Bogner, active at Hermannsburg Mission 1895 – ca. 1900

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Details

Collector/creator
Johann Bogner
Time collected
Early 20th century
Location collected
Arrernte people, Central Australia
Transfer history
Ethnological Museum, Berlin > >
Current museum
Estonian National Museum, Tartu
Time deposited to current museum
1937
Current museum number
C 32:54
Material
Wood, ochre
Measurements
Length 35.5 cm, width 4.6 cm
Source/publication/study
Estonian National Museum Inventory