No. SUBSAH-006
Luba Tambo palm-leaf bullroarer
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Luba country · Tambo register note · Central Africa
Function not recorded
Tambo
Source term: bullroarer
A bullroarer cut from a palm-leaf stem, collected among the Luba during Emil Torday's 1907-1909 expedition to the Kasai Basin for the British Museum and registered there in 1909. Its Luba name was tambo. What the palm-stem blade was swung for is lost.
Particulars
- Object
- Bullroarer made of palm leaf stem
- Function
- Use not recorded.
Source
British Museum Af1909,0513.212 (Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo)