Accession No
1922.383
Description
A bullroarer, with a flat wooden blade attached to a long plant fibre string. The string is tied to the top of a long wooden handle, made from a wooden stick.
Place
Africa; Southern Africa; South Africa
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1922.383
Cultural Affliation
Xhosa
Material
Wood; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
585mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1905 as part of British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS)
Event Date 1905
Author: rachel hand
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card notes: Kaffir Bull roarer. Made by a 'kitchen boy' in Johannesburg. After he had made it and swung it - a sand storm immediately blew up and he was convinced that he had made it. BAMM 1905.'
Event Date 1922
Author: rachel hand
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1922.383: "Kaffir bullroarer - made by a 'kitchen boy' in Johannesburg".
Event Date 1922
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A bullroarer, with a flat wooden blade attached to a long plant fibre string. The string is tied to the top of a long wooden handle, made from a wooden stick.
Event Date 6/1/2023
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:115264
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