bullroarer
- Museum number
- Oc.4879
- Description
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Decorated board, bullroarer, made of wood, cord (hemp ?).
- Dimensions
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Height: 29 centimetres
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Width: 7.50 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- 540 Plate 98
Bullroarer, purorohu/purerehua
4879. Length 29.2 cm.
Wooden bullroarer: oval-shaped, with pointed ends, decorated on both side with pitau-series kowhaiwhai in natural-wood colour on black background.
Provenance: Purchased from B.M. Wright, June 1868.
Comments: Nineteenth century.
References: Best 1925a: fig. 102A. Edge- Partington 1969 i: 388.4.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.4879
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1868C1.4879 (old CDMS no.)