Auction 104
Zemanek-Münster

Bullroarer

Australia
sold EUR 2,800
Provenance
Evan Maurer Collection, Minneapolis, USA
Size
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.


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