{"id":"MUS2026-173","label":"Nottingham notched bullroarer","people_or_site":"English folk / Nottingham","country_current":"United Kingdom","historic_region":"Nottinghamshire / Nottingham","macroregion":"Europe","local_name":"","source_term":"Bullroarer","source_language":"English","object_description":"Notched carved wooden slat, 216 x 44 mm, with one terminal hole and an incised leaf-like spine.","function_summary":"Boys' toy: in Haddon's words, 'a thin slat of wood tied to the end of a long piece of string,' whirled for its noise.","attestation_type":"museum_specimen","source_key":"prm_1902_51_5_nottingham","source_type":"museum_collection","source_url":"https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-39637","page_or_plate":"PRM 1902.51.5","map_confidence":"high","plot_status":"plot_with_caveat","coordinate_basis":"OpenStreetMap Nottingham city anchor matching the museum provenance; not a documented use site.","jade_complex_role":"","blurb":"Heavy alternating notches turn the Nottingham blade into a wooden saw, while an incised leaf-like spine runs down its face.","pull_quote":"Wooden 'Bullroarer' with notched edges.","pull_quote_translation":"","pull_quote_cite":"Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.5","term_gloss":"","cls":"play_practical","class_label":"Play / practical","color":"#24766D","is_candidate":false,"flags":["toy_survival"],"f_jade_complex":false,"f_women_taboo":false,"f_women_special":false,"f_snake":false,"sources":[{"citation":"Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.5","url":"https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-39637","archive":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260917174840/https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-39628"}],"source_citations":"Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.5","source_display":"Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.5","date_citation_display":"","object_display":"Notched carved wooden slat, 216 x 44 mm, with one terminal hole and an incised leaf-like spine.","function_display":"Boys' toy: in Haddon's words, 'a thin slat of wood tied to the end of a long piece of string,' whirled for its noise.","confidence_display":"high","attestation_label":"museum specimen","etymology_hedge":"","people_key":"english folk","display_name":"Nottingham notched bullroarer","image":{"full":"assets/objects/review_2026_07_15/MUS2026-173_prm_1902_51_5.jpg","thumb":"assets/objects/review_2026_07_15/thumbs/MUS2026-173_prm_1902_51_5_thumb.jpg","alt":"Nottingham bullroarer with squared notches along both edges and an incised leaf-like outline down its face, Pitt Rivers Museum.","credit":"Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford (1902.51.5)","license":"© Pitt Rivers Museum — non-commercial/educational reuse with attribution","source_page":"https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-39637","rehosted":true,"representative":false,"caption":"Nottingham notched bullroarer with an incised leaf-like spine, Pitt Rivers Museum."},"slug":"mus2026-173-english-folk-nottingham"}