Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20 Sep 2016
An Aborigine bullroarer Western Australia wood
An Aborigine bullroarer
Western Australia
wood, with pointed ends, one pierced, the flat side with incised linear and dot decoration, with remains of ochre, the curved reverse with incised grooves,
48cm long.
Provenance
Purchased from the family of Henry Hubert, a road engineer working in the Kalgoorie and Northern Goldfields area prior to WWI.