No. EXH2026-053
Sango / Ngbandi bimbi
Democratic Republic of the Congo · NW DR Congo (northern Zaire per Grove) · Central Africa
Play / practical
bimbi
Source term: bimbi / rhombe / bull-roarer
bimbi: the Sango/Ngbandi (upper Ubangi) name for the bullroarer, a whirled wooden blade.
Bimbi, the Sango and Ngbandi peoples of the upper Ubangi River call it: a slightly curved wooden blade incised with geometric lines, tied by its cord to a straight stick. In the village of Biaba, in Nord-Ubangi province in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it was not a ritual object but a boys' plaything. This pair is in Tervuren.
Particulars
- Object
- Two decorated wooden bimbi, each a slightly curved blade incised with geometric lines and tied by a cord to a straight wooden stick.
- Function
- A plaything for boys.
Source
Royal Museum for Central Africa (AfricaMuseum), Tervuren, MO.0.0.13614-1 and MO.0.0.13614-2; New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984), s.v. Bimbi