No. STEWART1941-009
Tago-toka wind-making wimo'to of the Owyhee
United States · Owyhee River, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon · North America · Great Basin
Weather / fertility magic
wimo'to
Source term: bull-roarer (wimo'to)
wimo'to: the Northern Paiute word for the bullroarer.
On the Owyhee, where Idaho, Oregon and Nevada nearly meet, the wimo'to was swung to bring wind and was not given to children — a weather instrument, kept out of play, matching what three other eastern bands said independently.
Particulars
- Object
- A wooden whirrer; not described further.
- Function
- Swung to make the wind blow; toy use denied.
Source
Omer C. Stewart, 'Culture Element Distributions: XIV, Northern Paiute,' Anthropological Records 4:3 (1941), pp. 361, 364, 401 and 403