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Object Number 35-78-10/4991
Display Title Bull roarer--used only as boy's toy
Descriptions
Object Description Bull roarer--used only as boy's toy
Inventory Description Toy, carved wooden handle attached to serrated wooden oval piece with buckskin
Classification
  • Toy
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Artist Wilbur Patterson (04/28/1935)
Culture
  • Saline Valley
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Inyo County
Additional Geographic Terms Saline Valley
Dimensions Overall: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-78-10/4991
Provenance
Collector Julian H. Steward (04/28/1935)
Intermediary Julian H. Steward (07/01/1935-10/01/1935)

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