No. MUS2026-159
Garoua circumcision bullroarer
Garoua · Bénoué Department · Northern Cameroon · Africa
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Source term: Rhombe
In early 1932, while the Dakar-Djibouti mission's musicologist recorded reed pipes and drums around Garoua, a man named Maunde made this bullroarer for the collectors: blade, plant-fibre cord, and wooden hand grip, still together. Its voice belonged to circumcision. Garoua was a Fulani river port on the Bénoué, a crossroads of Kirdi and Fulbe worlds.
Pour la circoncision
For circumcision.
Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, 71.1931.74.2654
Particulars
- Object
- Wooden blade, 27.5 x 7 x 2 cm and 52 g, with a long plant-fiber cord and separate wooden hand grip, preserved together.
Source
Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, 71.1931.74.2654 (Musée de l'Homme 31.74.2654); made by Maunde and obtained at Garoua by the Mission Dakar-Djibouti on 30 January 1932