412.22 Whirling aerophones

Bullroarer, used to drive cattle. The sound of the bullroarer was thought to resemble that of a painful biting fly: the warble fly.

The sound of the bullroarer was thought to resemble that of a biting fly: the warble fly, and it was used to drive cattle.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
6.242
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
metal piece: 5.39 x 1.97 x 0.20 in.; 137 x 50 x 5 mm; string: 46.85 x 0.08 in.; 1190 x 2 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
plated metal; vegetable fibre
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
LOCATION
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