No. RAY1942-007
Lower Thompson bull-roarer
Canada · Fraser Canyon below Lytton, southern British Columbia · North America · Plateau
Play / practical
Source term: bull-roarer
The Thompson River people had two whirling instruments, not one. James Teit knew a disc bored with two holes and set spinning by twisting a doubled cord — a buzzer, worked between the hands. The Lower Thompson of the late 1930s had something else besides: a wooden blade of cedar swung on a cord held in the hand, a child's toy — a true bullroarer. Two different objects among one people, each with its own motion and its own noise.
Particulars
- Object
- A wooden blade, of cedar, whirled on a cord held in the hand.
Source
Verne F. Ray, 'Culture Element Distributions: XXII, Plateau,' Anthropological Records 8:2 (Berkeley, 1942), p. 184, elements 4094-4103