{"id":"MUS2026-134","label":"Evaora bullroarer charm, Panaroa River / Port Romilly","people_or_site":"Evaora","country_current":"Papua New Guinea","historic_region":"Panaroa (Ivey) River / Port Romilly, Gulf Province","macroregion":"Oceania / Sahul","local_name":"","source_term":"bullroarer; charm","source_language":"English","object_description":"Carved wooden bullroarer, 95.1 cm long and 7.2 cm wide; British Museum Oc1905,0609.38.","function_summary":"Fishing charm.","attestation_type":"museum_specimen","source_key":"BM_OC1905_0609_38","source_type":"museum_collection","source_url":"https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1905-0609-38","page_or_plate":"British Museum object Oc1905,0609.38","map_confidence":"high","plot_status":"plot_with_caveat","coordinate_basis":"Panaroa River anchor; British Museum lists the river as a findspot but does not publish an exact collection location.","jade_complex_role":"","blurb":"Nearly a metre long, this Evaora bullroarer was made to help catch fish. The carved wooden blade turned its roar into a fishing charm on the Panaroa River near Port Romilly.","pull_quote":"Carved bullroarer, charm (for catching fish) made of wood.","pull_quote_translation":"","pull_quote_cite":"British Museum, Oc1905,0609.38.","term_gloss":"","cls":"weather","class_label":"Weather / fertility magic","color":"#2F6FA3","is_candidate":false,"flags":[],"f_jade_complex":false,"f_women_taboo":false,"f_women_special":false,"f_snake":false,"sources":[{"citation":"British Museum collection record Oc1905,0609.38: bullroarer; made by Evaora; findspots Port Romilly, Panaroa River, and Ivey River","url":"https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1905-0609-38"}],"source_citations":"British Museum collection record Oc1905,0609.38: bullroarer; made by Evaora; findspots Port Romilly, Panaroa River, and Ivey River","source_display":"British Museum collection record Oc1905,0609.38: bullroarer; made by Evaora; findspots Port Romilly, Panaroa River, and Ivey River","date_citation_display":"","object_display":"Carved wooden bullroarer, 95.1 cm long and 7.2 cm wide; British Museum Oc1905,0609.38.","function_display":"Fishing charm.","confidence_display":"high","attestation_label":"museum specimen","etymology_hedge":"","people_key":"evaora","display_name":"Evaora bullroarer charm, Panaroa River / Port Romilly","image":{"full":"assets/objects/museum_harvest/bm_E_Oc1905-0609-38.jpg","thumb":"assets/objects/museum_harvest/thumbs/bm_E_Oc1905-0609-38_thumb.jpg","alt":"Evaora bullroarer fishing charm from the Panaroa River, carved with pale bands, scrolls and a face-like figure on its long dark-brown blade.","credit":"© The Trustees of the British Museum (E/Oc1905-0609-38)","license":"CC BY-NC-SA 4.0","source_page":"https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1905-0609-38","rehosted":true,"representative":false,"caption":"Carved Evaora bullroarer, a fishing charm, from the Panaroa River."},"slug":"mus2026-134-evaora"}