The Bullroarer Atlas

No. MUS2026-134

Evaora bullroarer charm, Panaroa River / Port Romilly

Papua New Guinea · Panaroa (Ivey) River · Port Romilly, Gulf Province · Oceania · Sahul

Weather / fertility magic

Evaora bullroarer fishing charm from the Panaroa River, carved with pale bands, scrolls and a face-like figure on its long dark-brown blade.
Plate I. Carved Evaora bullroarer, a fishing charm, from the Panaroa River. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Image source

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.

Particulars

Object
Carved wooden bullroarer, 95.1 cm long and 7.2 cm wide; British Museum Oc1905,0609.38.
Function
Fishing charm.

Source

British Museum collection record Oc1905,0609.38: bullroarer; made by Evaora; findspots Port Romilly, Panaroa River, and Ivey River

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Part of The Bullroarer Atlas, companion to The Eve Theory of Consciousness.