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Accession No	1988.20.3
Name/Title	WINDI-WINDI; BULL-ROARER
Brief Description	This windi-windi is a sort of bull roarer. It is very light and carved from red-brown wood, and then stained. Oval in shape, it has pointed ends, a single perforation 4mm in diameter at one end. One side is slightly more convex, and both sides are decorated with a symbolic pattern of spirals and horse-shoe shapes carved into wood. A length of string (2270mm) is threaded through the perforation and the two ends knotted together.
Classification	Bull-Roarer/Ceremonial Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker	Unknown
Primary Prod Place	Australia
Measurement Reading	331 x 42 x 0.8cm

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