Accession No
1930.464
Description
Bullroarer - Narrow black palm wood splint, with tapering and knobbed end to which twine is knotted, other end more rounded. Original accession notes: " VAKWE = female (UKA = man). Play along bush and after man dies. Secret from women who think it is Tambuan. KAWA = tree from which this is made. A man was carrying this in his bag." Good
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago; New Britain; Gazelle Peninsula
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1930.464; MAA: 1930.464
Cultural Affliation
T=Taulil
Material
Wood; Palm Wood
Local Term
TANDARAVAKWE
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)
Narrow black palm wood splint, with tapering and knobbed end to which twine is knotted, other end more rounded. Original accession notes: " VAKWE = female (UKA = man). Play along bush and after man dies. Secret from women who think it is Tambuan. KAWA = tree from which this is made. A man was carrying this in his bag." Good
Event Date 3/7/1995
Author: maa
FM:118703
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