Bull-roarer

Museum number:
1-4035
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1033 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
Bullroarer (wimias, thunder), a toy
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
from the Chukchansi at Picyuna (Katanin) 5 m from coarse Gold, Madera county.
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bull-roarers
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
A toy.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "wimias" (thunder). Photo: 15-6079. Published: BAE B 78 Pl 44.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bull-roarer, accession number 1-4035, described as Bullroarer (wimias, thunder), a toyHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bull-roarer, accession number 1-4035, described as Bullroarer (wimias, thunder), a toyHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bull-roarer, accession number 1-4035, described as Bullroarer (wimias, thunder), a toy
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bull-roarer, accession number 1-4035, described as Bullroarer (wimias, thunder), a toyDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bull-roarer, accession number 1-4035, described as Bullroarer (wimias, thunder), a toyDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bull-roarer, accession number 1-4035, described as Bullroarer (wimias, thunder), a toy

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