Bullroarer (Imunu Viki?)
#9321late 19th century
wood, lime
คำอธิบาย
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
ข้อมูลเพิ่มเติม
- ขนาด
- 25 1/8 × 3 × 1/4 in. (63.8 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)
- เครดิต
- The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- หมายเลขการเข้าถึง
- 09.163.3
