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1902.51.3

Plain oblong 'Bullroarer'.

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1902.51.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plain oblong 'Bullroarer'.
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Miss F. E. Ogden
Field collector Florence E. Ogden
PRM source Miss F. E. Ogden
PRM source Florence E. Ogden
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1902
Date collected
By 1902
Acquisition information
Donated: 1902
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Width 60 mm, Length 217 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1902.51.3
Research and responses

Miss FE Ogden of High Street [Oxford] was a member of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire from 1893 - 1900 [AP 1/11/2002]

There is one person with the right initials in the 1901 census, Florence E. Ogden, aged 43, born in Oxford and living in St Mary the Virgin parish Oxford described as ‘Housekeeper’ who might be the right person [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 19/02/2007]

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Bullroarer