The Bullroarer Atlas

BATTAGLIA1925-002 - ethnographic attestation

Shepherds and herders around Lake Arsa; people unrecorded

Croatia - Lake Arsa - modern Cepicko polje below Ucka - Istria - Southeastern Europe

Play / practical

Representative—not this record’s object: Basque furrun-farra, shown as a regional stand-in; no image of this record’s own object is available...
Representative—not this record’s object: Basque furrun-farra, shown as a regional stand-in; no image of this record’s own object is available yet. Musée Basque et de l'histoire de Bayonne, via MIMO (CM 0852858/0852866) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Image source

Source term: rombo

No local bullroarer name is recorded

On the plains around former Lake Arsa, herders made wooden bullroarers up to half a metre long, tying the free end of the cord to a stick. They used the roar to drive livestock and, at times, to startle the animals for amusement.

Nelle pianure intorno al lago d'Arsa ... i pastori e i mandriani costruiscono un rombo di legno lungo anche mezzo metro.

On the plains around Lake Arsa, shepherds and herders make a wooden bullroarer as much as half a metre long.

Battaglia 1925:211
Object
Wooden bullroarer as much as 50 cm long, with the free end of its cord tied to a stick; no object figure or accession survives.
Function
Used to drive livestock and sometimes to startle the animals for amusement.
Map confidence
high - Former Lake Arsa / modern Cepicko polje basin anchor; not an invented farm or performance site.
Source location
printed p. 211

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