No. DRUCKER1950-010
Haisla bullroarer
Canada · Kitimat, head of Douglas Channel, British Columbia · North America · Northwest Coast
Play / practical
Source term: bullroarer
The Haisla, eulachon people at Kitimat and Kitlope, lived at the heads of Douglas and Gardner channels, cut off from their Wakashan relatives to the south by Tsimshian holding the outer coasts — about as isolated as anyone on the coast. Their bullroarer had the usual handle and belonged to children, with no ceremonial use. It came from the older life up the river, before the move down to salt water.
Particulars
- Object
- A slat swung on a cord fastened to a handle, the standard form all along this coast. Neither dimensions nor material recorded.
- Function
- A child's toy; no ceremonial use recorded.
Source
Philip Drucker, 'Culture Element Distributions: XXVI, Northwest Coast,' University of California Anthropological Records 9:3 (Berkeley, 1950), p. 199, elements 854-857, with notes p. 268