Bullroarer · Australia · ID: 3049501
sold
EUR 2,800
Provenance
Evan Maurer Collection, Minneapolis, USASize
L: 76 cm
L: 29.9 inch
Description
wood, red ochre,
The bullroarer is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over greatly extended distances.
Attached to cord and swirled around very fast they produce a tone in various frequences. They were used in the cult and were interpreted as the voices of ancestors and spirits.
The object Bullroarer with the object ID 3049501 was part of the auction 99th Auction on November 12, 2022. The object with the lot number 196 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.
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