Auction 104
Zemanek-Münster

Bullroarer

Australia
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
L: 40,5 cm
L: 15.9 inch

Description

wood, red ochre, lime, string remnants,

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. Used in the cult they were interpreted as the voices of ancestors and spirits.


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