Bidspirit auction | Bullroarer Musical Instrument

Bullroarer Musical Instrument - Bullroarer, simple, plain design. Bullroarers are used as musical instruments, as the blade howls or roars when it is whirled through the air with the attached string. In Papua New Guinea, bullroarers may be used in funerary or initiation rite, and may be believed to recreate spirit voices. They are kept in the men's ceremonial houses. Locale: Lower Sepik River Country: Papua New Guinea Date: 1936 or earlier Material: Wood, fiber Dimensions: H 14” x W 3 1/2” Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection Sources: National Music Museum of the University of South Dakota Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 684. New York City. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504985