No. MUS2026-081
Bristol Bay bull-roarer (Penn 18400)
United States · Bristol Bay, Alaska · North America
Play / practical
Source term: bull-roarer
Store-bought cotton thread once tied this leaf-shaped wooden blade to its handle: a trader's touch on a Bristol Bay toy. It reached Philadelphia in 1895, in an exchange with the United States National Museum.
Particulars
- Object
- Wooden handle with a wooden bull-roarer joined by commercial thread, now broken (Penn Museum 18400).
- Function
- Toy or model.
Source
Penn Museum, object 18400, 'Toy, Model, Bull-Roarer' (culture: Eskimo; Bristol Bay, Alaska); exchange with the United States National Museum, 1895