The Bullroarer Atlas

ROY1928-001 - historical text

Angami / Khizami subgroup; Khizabarui

Naga Hills - Khizami area - South Asia - Northeast India

Play / practical

Roy’s 13-inch Angami bullroarer from Khizabarui, Khizami subgroup, used as a toy or bird-scarer.
Roy’s 13-inch Angami bullroarer from Khizabarui, Khizami subgroup, used as a toy or bird-scarer. S. C. Roy, Oraon Religion and Customs (1928), Illustration 17, item 2 Public domain Image source

Source term: bull-roarer

Khizabarui = Roy’s historical locality spelling; no secure modern equivalent is known.

At Khizabarui, the same thirteen-inch bullroarer could pass from a child’s game to the fields, where its roar drove birds away.

Angami bull-roarer from Khizabarui. (Khizami sub-tribe) used as a toy or bird-scarer. (13 in.)

Sarat Chandra Roy, Oraon Religion and Customs (1928), Illustration 17 item 2
Object
Thirteen-inch bullroarer used both as a toy and to scare birds.
Function
Toy or bird-scarer
Map confidence
high - Chizami is a representative Khizami-region anchor; the historical Khizabarui locality is not independently geocoded.
Source location
Illustration 17 item 2

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