No. MUS2026-200
Amaseno moscono, Monti Lepini
Italy · Lazio · Monti Lepini · Europe · Mediterranean
Play / practical
moscono
moscono (cf. Italian moscone, 'big fly / bluebottle') — named for the buzz.
In the Monti Lepini country of southern Lazio the whirled rombo lived on into living memory in two shapes. At Sezze a simple round-headed board called the moscone — the 'big fly', after its buzz — spun straight from the player's hand at Carnival. At Amaseno, Martino Realacci carved this fuller rig: blade, cord, and a rod handle gripped while the blade circles overhead.
Particulars
- Object
- Carved wooden blade with bevelled edges, pierced for a cord that is fixed to a rod handle; made by Martino Realacci before 1987. EtnoMuseo Monti Lepini, Roccagorga; ICCD 1200652143.
- Function
- Play: gripped by the rod handle and whirled overhead on its cord. Recorded in the 1995 folk-instrument survey of the Monti Lepini; neighboring Sezze used the simpler hand-held moscone at Carnival.
Source
Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali (ICCD), scheda BDM 1200652143, 'moscono (rombo aerofono)' (Amaseno; maker Martino Realacci, before 1987)