The Bullroarer Atlas

MUS2026-130 - museum specimen

Dividing Point, Yukon River

United States - Alaska - Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area - Dividing Point - North America - Subarctic

Function not recorded

The documented Dividing Point antler bullroarer, photographed by Yale. The public image visibly shows one terminal hole; the museum record...
The documented Dividing Point antler bullroarer, photographed by Yale. The public image visibly shows one terminal hole; the museum record describes a hole at each end. Yale Peabody Museum, YPM ANT 231820 CC0 Image source

Source term: bullroarer

This lower-Yukon bullroarer bends with the natural curve of the antler from which it was cut. It is only 21.6 centimetres long, but carries an eccentric rig: a drilled hole at either end, the two bores set at right angles to one another.

Bone antler bullroarer. 3/8-inch diameter holes at both ends perpendicular to each other. 8 1/2 inches long.

Yale Peabody Museum, YPM ANT 231820, object description.
Object
Curved antler bullroarer, 21.6 cm long, with a 3/8-inch terminal bore at each end; the two bores are perpendicular. Yale Peabody Museum YPM ANT 231820.
Function
Use not recorded.
Map confidence
medium - USGS/Board on Geographic Names Dividing Point, at the Kozherevsky-Yukon rivers junction.
Source location
YPM ANT 231820; Yale IIIF manifest 225222

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