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at this end and serves to attach the piece of wood to a wooden 

 stick, 85 cm. long. 



D. A. Owen Esq. [P. 24. v. 01]. 



Catalogue No. 1121. 



Dr. C. Hose first discovered the bull-roarer in Borneo m a 

 Kenyan house up the Tinjar River, Baram district and was told 

 that it was used to scare birds off the padi fields ; Dr. Hose 

 bought the unique specimen and subsquently showed it to some 

 Narom, a tribe living near Claudetown, Baram River ; the Narom 

 stated that they were well acquainted with the instrument and 

 frequently used it; they made several specimens to order, one 

 of which is that described above. The Narom constitute a tribe 

 that falls into the Kalamantan division according to Drs. Had- 

 don and Hose — and so may be considered as amongst the most 

 primitive tribes of Borneo. 



R. A. Soc, No, 40, 1904. 



