Bullroarer

Museum number:
5-15933
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015933
Alternate number:
B-2211 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
bullroarer. hole pierced at top end with slight bifurcation. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. not symmetrically carved. encrustations, sometimes heavy, some insect damage 50 cm long x 7.5 cm wide.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
see card 5-15930
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 50 centimeters and width 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-7
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bullroarer, accession number 5-15933, described as bullroarer. hole pierced at top end with slight bifurcation. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. not symmetrically carved. encrustations, sometimes heavy, some insect damage 50 cm long x 7.5 cm wide.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bullroarer, accession number 5-15933, described as bullroarer. hole pierced at top end with slight bifurcation. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. not symmetrically carved. encrustations, sometimes heavy, some insect damage 50 cm long x 7.5 cm wide.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bullroarer, accession number 5-15933, described as bullroarer. hole pierced at top end with slight bifurcation. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. not symmetrically carved. encrustations, sometimes heavy, some insect damage 50 cm long x 7.5 cm wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bullroarer, accession number 5-15933, described as bullroarer. hole pierced at top end with slight bifurcation. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. not symmetrically carved. encrustations, sometimes heavy, some insect damage 50 cm long x 7.5 cm wide.

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