The Bullroarer Atlas

MUS2026-173 - museum specimen

Nottingham notched bullroarer

United Kingdom - Nottinghamshire - Nottingham - Europe

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Nottingham notched bullroarer with an incised leaf-like spine, Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.5.
Nottingham notched bullroarer with an incised leaf-like spine, Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.5. Image source

Source term: Bullroarer

Heavy alternating notches turn the Nottingham blade into a wooden saw, while an incised leaf-like spine runs down its face.

Wooden 'Bullroarer' with notched edges.

Pitt Rivers Museum 1902.51.5
Object
Notched carved wooden slat, 216 x 44 mm, with one terminal hole and an incised leaf-like spine; exact PRM photograph.
Function
Boys' toy on Haddon's England-wide account of the instrument; Nottinghamshire itself is not among the counties he names.
Map confidence
high - OpenStreetMap Nottingham city anchor matching the museum provenance; not a documented use site.
Source location
PRM 1902.51.5

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