Can anyone identify this object? - Collecting Tiki

V virani Tiki Socialite Volcanic area of France Joined: Sep 17, 2003 Posts: 1439	V virani Posted posted on Thu, Sep 2, 2004 12:17 PM Oops sorry, after googling, yes, it must be a bullroarer : BULLROARER, the English name for an instrument made of a small flat slip of wood, through a hole in one end of which a string is passed; swung round rapidly it makes a booming, humming noise. Though treated as a toy by Europeans, the bullroarer has had the highest mystic significance and sanctity among primitive petple. This is notably the case in Australia, where it figures in the initiation ceremonies and is regarded with the utmost awe by the blackfellows.

Oops sorry, after googling, yes, it must be a bullroarer :

BULLROARER, the English name for an instrument made of a small flat slip of wood, through a hole in one end of which a string is passed; swung round rapidly it makes a booming, humming noise. Though treated as a toy by Europeans, the bullroarer has had the highest mystic significance and sanctity among primitive petple. This is notably the case in Australia, where it figures in the initiation ceremonies and is regarded with the utmost awe by the blackfellows.

Post #112024 by virani on Thu, Sep 2, 2004 12:17 PM