Wooden bull-roarer or gopi-board
- Made:
- 1880-1910 in Papua New Guinea
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Wooden bull-roarer or gopi-board, lanceolate, ski-like board with incised representation of a grotesque anthropomorphic figure, used in connection with initiation ceremonies, Fly River District, New Guinea, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A155755
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- bull-roarers
- credit:
- Glendining
