{"id":"NAGA-009","label":"Konyak Naga rain-making bullroarer, Wakching","people_or_site":"Konyak Naga / Wakching","country_current":"India","historic_region":"Nagaland / Mon District / Wakching","macroregion":"South Asia / Northeast India","local_name":"","source_term":"Bullroarer","source_language":"English","object_description":"Flat wooden bullroarer widening toward the end with attached fibrous cord; twirled on its cord to produce a humming sound.","function_summary":"Used for rain-making; a second Wakching bullroarer in Vienna carries the same rain-calling record.","attestation_type":"museum_specimen","source_key":"MAA_1937_1086","source_type":"museum_collection","source_url":"https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/502013/","page_or_plate":"MAA 1937.1086","map_confidence":"medium_high","plot_status":"plot_with_caveat","coordinate_basis":"Wakching village/area representative anchor in Mon District; not an exact findspot.","jade_complex_role":"","blurb":"Among the Konyak Naga of Wakching, in the Mon District hills of Nagaland, rain was called down with a flat piece of wood: it widens toward one end, trails a fibrous cord, and hums when it is spun. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf collected it during his 1936-1937 fieldwork among the Konyak, and carried off a second Wakching rain-caller besides — a bamboo bullroarer, now in Vienna, likewise for the ritual summoning of rain.","pull_quote":"When twirled around on its cord it produces a humming sound. Used for Rain-making.","pull_quote_translation":"","pull_quote_cite":"Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, object 1937.1086","term_gloss":"","cls":"weather","class_label":"Weather / fertility magic","color":"#2F6FA3","is_candidate":false,"flags":["weather"],"f_jade_complex":false,"f_women_taboo":false,"f_women_special":false,"f_snake":false,"sources":[{"citation":"Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, 1937.1086 (Wakching; collected by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1936-1937); Weltmuseum Wien, 126758","url":"https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/502013/","archive":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261013131233/https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/502013/"}],"source_citations":"Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, 1937.1086 (Wakching; collected by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1936-1937); Weltmuseum Wien, 126758","source_display":"Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, 1937.1086 (Wakching; collected by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1936-1937); Weltmuseum Wien, 126758","date_citation_display":"","object_display":"Flat wooden bullroarer widening toward the end with attached fibrous cord; twirled on its cord to produce a humming sound.","function_display":"Used for rain-making; a second Wakching bullroarer in Vienna carries the same rain-calling record.","confidence_display":"medium to high","attestation_label":"museum specimen","etymology_hedge":"","people_key":"konyak naga","display_name":"Konyak Naga rain-making bullroarer, Wakching","image":{"full":"assets/objects/NAGA-009_weltmuseum_vo126758_wakching.jpg","thumb":"assets/objects/NAGA-009_weltmuseum_vo126758_wakching_thumb.jpg","alt":"The second Wakching rain-caller, now in Vienna: a narrow bamboo blade with black geometric bands and zigzag lines, and cord attached at one end.","credit":"© KHM-Museumsverband (Weltmuseum Wien), inv. 126758","license":"CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (KHM-Museumsverband / Weltmuseum Wien) — ©KHM-Museumsverband credit required; rehosted low-res","source_page":"https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/en/objects/schwirrholz-463584","rehosted":true,"representative":false,"caption":"The second Wakching rain-caller: a bamboo blade marked with black lines, now in Vienna."},"slug":"naga-009-konyak-naga-wakching"}