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Bullroarer
Bullroarer, free aerophone. Body of pumpkin skin in a rectangular shape with a triangular point at one end. The opposite end has a small circular hole with a vegetable fibre cord attached. The two largest sides are painted with a green and white maize cob on a yellow ground. The side edges and the sides of the triangular tip are painted red. Purchased in Gallup, New Mexico.
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circa 1985 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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New Mexico - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:412.22 Whirling aerophones
- Culture: Hopi, Navajo
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.22 Whirling aerophones
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens