The Bullroarer Atlas

NGUINEA-012 - museum specimen

Mairipepia wooden rhombe

Papua New Guinea - Gulf Province - Mairipepia village - Oceania - Sahul

Function not recorded

The Mairipepia rhombe: linked heart-spirals in lime-whitened zigzag frames beneath a carved face (72.1993.1.32).
The Mairipepia rhombe: linked heart-spirals in lime-whitened zigzag frames beneath a carved face (72.1993.1.32). Image source
Sibling blade from the same Mairipepia lot (object 305039, 72.1993.1.31).
Representative — not this record’s object. · Sibling blade from the same Mairipepia lot (object 305039, 72.1993.1.31). Image source

Source term: Rhombe

A wooden bullroarer from Mairipepia village in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea, held by the Musee du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac in Paris as object 305040, inventory 72.1993.1.32. The catalogue records the village and the object but nothing of who made it sound, when, or for what rite. It is one of the Papuan Gulf bullroarers gathered into a European museum with its provenance reduced to a place name.

Object
Quai Branly object 305040 / inventory 72.1993.1.32, identified as a rhombe from Mairipepia village, Gulf Province.
Function
Function not recorded.
Map confidence
medium - Representative Mairipepia / Gulf Province anchor; exact village coordinate not independently locked.
Source location
Page references

Quai Branly object 305040 / inventory 72.1993.1.32

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