Bullroarer
Australia
Price
EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., GermanySize
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.