No. MUS2026-170
Bedford whizzing-stick bullroarer
United Kingdom · Bedfordshire · Bedford · Europe
Play / practical
Whizzing stick / buzzer
Source term: Bullroarer
Whizzing stick / buzzer: the two English names recorded with the blade.
Blunt teeth run down both edges of Bedford's 22.7-centimetre Whizzing stick, giving the small wooden blade the look of a pocket saw. Buzzer was its other English name.
Wooden 'Bullroarer' with serrated edge.
Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.1
Particulars
- Object
- Serrated carved wooden slat, 227 x 32 mm, with one terminal suspension hole.
- Function
- Boys' toy — 'In Bedfordshire its name is "buzzer",' Haddon records, listing the county among those where English boys played with the instrument.
Source
Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.1