The Bullroarer Atlas

No. EXH2026-040

Mbole (inano)

Democratic Republic of the Congo · NE Congo · Central Africa

Function not recorded

A pyro-engraved Bamba child’s roarer, Gabon (quai Branly)
Plate I. Representative — not this record’s object. A pyro-engraved Bamba child’s roarer, Gabon (quai Branly) Image source

inano

Source term: bullroarer (New Grove cross-entry)

inano: the Mbole name for the bullroarer.

‘She becomes a man,’ the Mbole said of a daughter initiated into Lilwa. A high-ranking member could bring his daughter into the society; she received red and white powders, leopard teeth for a necklace and a ringed staff signifying her male status. The Mbole name for the bullroarer was inano.

inano

K. A. Gourlay, 'Bullroarer,' Grove Music Online (after F. J. de Hen, 1960).

Particulars

Object
Bullroarer, called inano.
Function
Not recorded.

Sources

  1. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, s.v. 'Inano' (see 'Atuamba')
  2. K. A. Gourlay, 'Bullroarer', Grove Music Online (after F. J. de Hen, 1960)
  3. Bernadette Van Haute-De Kimpe, 'The Mbole and their lilwa Sculptures (Central Zaire): A Case Study of Traditional Tribal Art seen in its Context', De Arte 19 (1984): 66–80, p. 69 View

Part of The Bullroarer Atlas, companion to The Eve Theory of Consciousness.