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Bull Roarer (With 2 Blades)16/8125
Bull Roarer, Small60/8168
Bull Roarer60/3469

THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY, FROM NOTES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE COMER, CAPTAIN JAMES S. MUTCH, AND REV. E.J. PECK. BOAS, FRANZ BULLETIN, 15, 1901

Culture
Eskimo: Baffinland
Material
hide and thread ?
Made in
Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Blade Of Bull-RoarerE336602-0
Bull Roarer60.1/1686
Bullroarer2623/21

Wooden bullroarer, tapered at ends and sides, with small hole and indentation at base for the string. Body is painted with red and white lines and tip is painted red.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
black palm wood and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bullroarer2623/12

Small wooden bullroarer, tapered at ends and sides, with a small hole and indentation at one end. Both ends are painted red. X and zigzag shapes are engraved on the body.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
black palm wood and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bullroarer2623/11

Wooden bullroarer, tapered at ends and sides, with small hole and indentation at one end for the corded bark fibre string. Body of bullroarer is carved and painted with linear and zigzag-type designs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre, black palm wood and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bullroarer2623/2

Long flat wooden bullroarer, tapering at ends, with orange and white stripes painted horizontally on both sides. A hole and notch are carved into one end in which a long string of corded fibre is wound. An excess of corded fibre is wound together into loops.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BullroarerC622

Carved wooden bullroarer with a flat, oval shaped body with tapered, pointed ends. The surface is incised with a repeating geometric pattern of vertical and horizontal lines intermixed with x-shapes. The cuts are detailed with brown pigment while the negative space has white pigment. The top has a hole drilled through and the back is slightly concaved.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment, wood and lime mineral
Made in
Orokolo, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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