No. BATES1904-003
Kokobina's booming Booleewan
Pilbara magisterial district, Western Australia
Function not recorded
Booleewan (boolewan)
Source term: small "bullroarer" board with hole & string
Booleewan / boolewan: the small bullroarer board, "making booming noise when twirled." Milyabil: the long sacred board, the "big one."
Booleewan boomed. For Kokobina, a Nyangumarta man from Warran in the Pilbara, it was the small board with a hole and a string that made a booming noise when twirled. The long sacred board was another thing with another name. The bullroarer came in two sizes: the big one milyabil, the little one boolewan.
Particulars
- Object
- A small bullroarer board with a hole and string; the large sacred board was called milyabil.
- Function
- Not recorded.
Source
Daisy Bates, vocabulary questionnaire, Kokobina of Warran (Wandarree), Pilbara Magisterial District, Nangamurda wonga, NLA MS 365, folio 48/42 (Digital Daisy Bates)