Palaeolithic Bullroarer „La Roche Lalinde“

Instrument Type:

aerophone (free aerophone)

Culture:

Magdalenian

Find Spot:

Grotte de la Roche, Lalinde | Dordogne, France

Period:

Upper Palaeolithic | Lower Magdalenian

Time Frame:

14,000 - 12,000 BC

Material:

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

Dimensions:

approx. 15,5 x 3,5 x 0,5 cm

Weight:

20 g

Production Time:

4 weeks (one on stock)

Price:

on request

Reconstruction of a Palaeolithic bullroarer with geometrical designs (incised patterns) and incrustation of red pigment (ochre). 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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