Bull-Roarer
89-17-103
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-103 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pandanus | Peel |
| Description | Male cult bullroarer (diap yawat) (diap=cassowary, yawat == male cult). Made from wild pandanus, with a split cane whirling cord. Whirled from a wand (89-17-102). Produces a sound that is likened to the call of a cassowary. See Kirsch field notes for more data. made by Kutem Buru, Namanggo clan, Dome village. Purchased from maker 12/19/89. This is a sacred object, Yonggom men do not want Yonggom women to see it. No photographing or publication of details of this object without permission from collector or curator. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 121A - Other Number |
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