No. MUS2026-013
Miskito Río Coco roarer, use unrecorded
Nicaragua · Río Coco (Wanks River) · Mesoamerica · Central America
Function not recorded
Source term: bull-roarer
A Miskito bull-roarer from the Río Coco — the Wanks, or Segovia, River that now divides Nicaragua from Honduras — held in the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. It was gathered by David E. Harrower, who spent two months in 1924 collecting among the Miskito, Sumu, and Rama for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, working out of Río Coco villages such as Asang and Krasa.
Particulars
- Object
- Carved palm-wood bull-roarer on a cord.
- Function
- Not recorded.
Source
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, 13/2528 (Río Coco, Sang Sang and San Carlos, Nicaragua)