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1914.53.9

'Bullroarer'

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1914.53.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
'Bullroarer'
Geographical reference
Cyprus
Asia > Western Asia > Cyprus
Lapithos
Cultural groups
Cypriot
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1914 Date made: 1900 - 1914
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 1914
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length x Width 207 x 27 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.53.9
Associated publications
The Museum's collection of Cypriot ethnography is listed in catalogue form in Cypriot Ethnography Collections in British Museums, by Eleni Papademetriou (Nicosia: Cultural Services, Ministry of Education and Culture, 2000), pp. 126-33. This item is listed (with 1914.53.8, 1914.53.10, 1914.53.11, and 1914.53.12) on page 132 as nos. 36-40: '36-40. Bull-roarer. Wooden, rough. Enkomi [sic], early 20th century. Donated by L. H. Dudley Buxton, Nov. 1914.... Four further similar.' [JC 4 7 2001]

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