Accession No
1977.340
Description
Cardboard bullroarer, whirling aerophone, in form of delta-wing aircraft, with metal bottle cap locked between folded cardboard cut-out appendages over nose of aircraft. Suspended from length of red nylon thread, attached near tip of one wing.
Place
Asia; East Asia; Taiwan; Tainan
Period
Source
Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland (Dr) [collector and vendor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1977.340
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Cardboard; Plastic
Local Term
Measurements
97mm x 13mm x 170mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Picken.Dr.L.E.R
Event Date 24/6/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Whirling aerophone. Cardboard bullroarer, in form of delta-wing aircraft, with metal bottle cap locked between folded cardboard cut-out appendages over nose of aircraft. Suspended from length of red nylon thread, attached near tip of one wing. When rotated at speed, the bottle cap begins to vibrate continuously in its cardboard seating, adding to the normal roar of the bullroarer
Event Date 24/6/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Additional red cord with pearlescent button attached found with object. Unsure if part of this object. Discovered to be part of 1977.341 instead, 10/05/2017.
Event Date 9/5/2017
Author: Remke Velden
FM:91500
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