Accession No
1930.453 A
Description
Bullroarer. Narrow splint black palm wood with truncated angled tip and squared off pierced end. String no longer attached. Original accession notes: " One of 2 small bull-roarers. Used in MOMDAS (initiation ceremony). Swung on a long stick which is held loosely in two hands." Poor
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago; New Britain; Gazelle Peninsula; Latramat; Kainagunen
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1930.453 A
Cultural Affliation
Uramot Baining
Material
Wood; Palm Wood
Local Term
SALEK
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Museum record photographs: F24,27, F24,28.; Collected by: Bateson.G;
Event Date 3/7/1995
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Bullroarer. Narrow splint black palm wood with truncated angled tip and squared off pierced end. String no longer attached. Original accession notes: " One of 2 small bull-roarers. Used in MOMDAS (initiation ceremony). Swung on a long stick which is held loosely in two hands." Poor
Event Date 3/7/1995
Author: maa
FM:93916
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