bullroarer
- Museum number
- Af1962,17.66
- Description
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Bull-roarer made of a thin strip of palm or bamboo wood, with a string (imported) attached to one end through a hole; with pokerwork decoration on one side.
- Production date
- 1900-14 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 32.80 centimetres
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Width: 3.50 centimetres
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Depth: 1.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Af1960,20.66 to 73 belong together, and are all Yoruba bull-roarers of varying size.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1962
- Acquisition notes
- Af1962,17.1 to 80 were purchased from the historic collection of the Church Missionary Society. A few have old CMS notes; but the attributions are mostly curatorial. Almost all the objects come from Nigeria and are connected with Igbo, Isoko or Yoruba cults. They were probably collected in the early years of CMS activity in Nigeria, between 1900 and the First World War.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1962,17.66