Bullroarer
Australia
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.