Object name: Bull roarer / Object class: Aerophones (wind instruments) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Bull roarer

Museum number:: 5-15674
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bull-roarers
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 20.8 centimeters and width 3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

2. Bull roarer

Museum number:: 10-2411a
Culture or time period:: Ifugao
Object class:: Bull-roarers
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Collector:: Sally Martin
Collection place:: Villages of Huyuk, Nuwagdan, Tukbuban, etc., Amganad, Banaue, Ifugao Province
Collection date:: September 1956

3. Bull roarer

Museum number:: 5-5745a,b
Object class:: Bull-roarers
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Africa

4. Bull roarer

Museum number:: 5-947
Culture or time period:: Kuanyama Ambo
Object class:: Bull-roarers
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection place:: Namibia
Collection date:: 1947-8

5. Bull roarer

Museum number:: 5-3008
Culture or time period:: Tiv
Object class:: Bull-roarers
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Nigeria

6. Bull roarer

Museum number:: 10-2411b
Culture or time period:: Ifugao
Object class:: Bull-roarers
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Collector:: Sally Martin
Collection place:: Villages of Huyuk, Nuwagdan, Tukbuban, etc., Amganad, Banaue, Ifugao Province
Collection date:: September 1956