Palaeolithic Bullroarer „Fontalès“

Instrument Type:

aerophone (free aerophone)

Culture:

Magdalenian

Find Spot:

Fontalès, France

Period:

Upper Palaeolithic | Lower Magdalenian

Time Frame:

14000-12000 BC

Material:

bone (reindeer antler) or substitute material (deer antler) / synthetic sinew

Dimensions:

approx. 9.5 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm

Weight:

12 g

Production Time:

4 weeks

Price:

on request

Reconstruction of a Palaeolithic bullroarer with zoomorphic incisions. The use of the finding as bullroarer is probable, but so far not finally verified. Similar objects are known from ethnographical contexts from all over the world.

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