Bullroarer And Cylindrical Handle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE BULLROARER IS A FLAT, LEAF-SHAPED BLADE OF WOOD WITH SLIGHTLY CONVEX SIDES AND A DRILLED HOLE AT THE ROUNDED END FOR HUMAN HAIR CORDAGE ATTACHMENT. ONE SIDE IS COVERED WITH WHITE COTTON ATTACHED BY HUMAN BLOOD, WITH A ZIGZAG BAND OF RED OCHER RUNNING THE FULL LENGTH OVER THE COTTON. THE CORDAGE, MEASURING ABOUT 10-12 FT. IN LENGTH, IS ATTACHED TO A CYLINDRICAL PIECE OF WOOD OR LIMB WHICH HAS A NOTCH AT THE UPPER END."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387549-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bull Roarer
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bullroarer
content: 86 cm
label: Width - Bullroarer
content: 8 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 52.1 cm
label: Diameter - Handle
content: 1.91 cm