Lot: 111

101st Auction

Bullroarer

Australia

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany L: 15.9 inch 600 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

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.