No. MUS2026-128
Kubka (Kubkin) Upper Sepik bullroarer, Yale Peabody
Papua New Guinea · East Sepik · Leonard Schultze (Walio) River · Kubka-Kubkain vicinity · Oceania · Sahul
Function not recorded
Source term: bullroarer
Sawteeth, diamonds, and dots run across this forty-centimetre wooden bullroarer from Kubkin on the Upper Sepik. The thin blade divides at its suspension end into two small points, turning the cord notch into part of the design; traces of paint still sharpen the carved relief.
Ellipsoid shaped bullroarer carved from thin, slightly carved wood. One end notched, forming two points.
Yale Peabody Museum, YPM ANT 250128, object description.
Particulars
- Object
- Thin, slightly curved ellipsoid wooden bullroarer, 40 × 5.5 cm; one end divides into two points around the suspension notch, and one face bears painted relief carving of sawteeth, diamonds, and dots. Yale Peabody Museum YPM ANT 250128.
- Function
- Use not recorded.
Source
Yale Peabody Museum, YPM ANT 250128 (Kubkin, Leonard Schultze River, Upper Sepik); Laurie Bragge, Sepik Pre-History, Part II, ch. 41, pp. 371-372