bullroarer; carved black palm wood (yaman), flattened oval in cross section, with bifurcated end below which is bored perforation; fiber thong remnant through opening; kept in the men’s house, where it is used during ceremonies to produce the spirit voices which keep away the women
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
Abelam
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama