Bullroarer

Museum number:
5-15932
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2210 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
bullroarer. hole pieced at top end, with bifurcated edge. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. encrustations and some insect damage. 34.5 cm long x 7 cm wide.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bull-roarers
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 34.5 centimeters and width 7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-7
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bullroarer, accession number 5-15932, described as bullroarer. hole pieced at top end, with bifurcated edge. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. encrustations and some insect damage. 34.5 cm long x 7 cm wide.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bullroarer, accession number 5-15932, described as bullroarer. hole pieced at top end, with bifurcated edge. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. encrustations and some insect damage. 34.5 cm long x 7 cm wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bullroarer, accession number 5-15932, described as bullroarer. hole pieced at top end, with bifurcated edge. bottom end tapers to a blunt point. encrustations and some insect damage. 34.5 cm long x 7 cm wide.

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