No. LECOQ1916-001
Kara Khoja (Turfan) yongpuldurpic
China · Kara Khoja (Qara Chodscha · Gaochang), Turfan oasis, Xinjiang · Central Asia
Play / practical
yongpuldurpic
Source term: Schwirrholz (yongpuldurpic)
yongpuldurpic (Turfan Turki/Uyghur): the swung bullroarer, a small flat board on a cotton cord tied to a cotton-plant twig handle.
Children at Kara Khoja made the yongpuldurpic from the plants around them: a small flat board tied with cotton cord to a twig cut from a cotton stalk. Swung by the twig handle, the little blade whirred above the Turfan oasis.
Das echte Schwirrholz haben wir nur in der Gegend von Turfan gesehen... Kleines flaches Brettchen, mit Baumwollschnur an einem Ästchen der Baumwollpflanze ... befestigt.
The genuine bullroarer we have seen only in the area of Turfan... A small flat little board, fastened with a cotton cord to a small twig of the cotton plant.
Le Coq, Volkskundliches aus Ost-Turkistan (1916), ch. II, Fig. 8 caption and text.
Particulars
- Object
- Small flat wooden blade attached by cotton cord to a cotton-plant twig handle; Berlin I B 4111.
- Function
- Children’s whirled toy.
Source
Albert von Le Coq, Volkskundliches aus Ost-Turkistan (Berlin: Reimer, 1916), ch. II, pp. 9 and 11, fig. 8; Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, I B 4111