Wooden bullroarer, stained black. Decorated with face and folded line pattern and inalid with white clay. Central ridge runs part of the way down from the top.

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden bullroarer, stained black. Decorated with face and folded line pattern and inalid with white clay. Central ridge runs part of the way down from the top.
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Gulf Province
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1902
Date collected: By 1902
Acquisition information: Donated: 1902
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Clay, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Decorated, Process Incised, Process Inlaid, Process Stained
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 742 x 105 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.16.23

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