MUS2026-134 - museum specimen
Evaora
Papua New Guinea - Panaroa (Ivey) River - Port Romilly, Gulf Province - Oceania - Sahul
Weather / fertility magic
Source term: bullroarer; charm
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.
Carved bullroarer, charm (for catching fish) made of wood.
British Museum, Oc1905,0609.38.
- Object
- Carved wooden bullroarer, 95.1 cm long and 7.2 cm wide; British Museum Oc1905,0609.38.
- Function
- Fishing charm.
- Map confidence
- high - Panaroa River anchor; British Museum lists the river as a findspot but does not publish an exact collection location.
- Source location
- British Museum object Oc1905,0609.38
- Weather / fertility magic