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Bullroarer
Bullroarer, free aerophone. A sheet of tinned iron cut with metal shears into a rectangular shape with one end narrowing to a point. Notches are cut into both of the long edges. The pointed end is pierced for the attachment of a string.
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before 1906 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Huntingdonshire - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:412.22 Whirling aerophones
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- Materials:vegetable fibre, plated metal
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.22 Whirling aerophones
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens