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  • Bullroarer (Imunu Viki?), wood, lime, Papua New Guinean

Bullroarer (Imunu Viki?)

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late 19th century

wood, lime

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This thin blade howls or roars when whirled through the air on a string. In Papua New Guinea, bullroarers hold a traditional place of honor in men’s ceremonial clubhouses. The Namau people of the Purari River Delta used them during funerals of important men and called them imunu viki ("weeping spirits").

9321. Bullroarer

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25 1/8 × 3 × 1/4 in. (63.8 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)
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The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
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