- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- 'Bullroarer'
- Cultural groups
- Konyak Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1923
- Date collected
- October 1923
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1924 Donated: 1928
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Cane Plant, Process Carved, Process Notched, Process Tied, Process Decorated, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 620 x 65 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1928.69.607
Search terms: Music, Toy and Game, Children and Childcare, Musical Instrument, Bullroarer
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