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Bullroarer

Cardboard bullroarer, whirling aerophone, in form of delta-wing aircraft, with metal bottle cap locked between folded cardboard cut-out appendages over nose of aircraft. Suspended from length of red nylon thread, attached near tip of one wing.

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  • Materials:Metal; Cardboard; Plastic
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  • Repository:Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
  • Measurements:L: 170mm; W: 97mm; H: 13mm. Without attached string. String length ca. 600 mm