The Bullroarer Atlas

SUBSAH-012 - related instrument

Djenné, Mali

Mali - Mopti Region - Djenne - West Africa

Function not recorded

The Djenné bromhout in three museum views: a corroded green copper-alloy blade, leaf-shaped with a rounded lower end, rising to a small solid...
The Djenné bromhout in three museum views: a corroded green copper-alloy blade, leaf-shaped with a rounded lower end, rising to a small solid knob at the top. Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels (RMAH), inv. 1977.011-02 — via MIMO CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Image source

Source term: Bromhout

A small wooden bullroarer, 11.1 by 4 centimetres, catalogued at the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels as coming from Djenné, in Mali's Mopti region, and acquired before 1977. The museum classifies it as a bullroarer and records nothing more: no maker, no collector, no ethnic group, and no account of how it was used. Its catalogue name, "Bromhout," is simply the Dutch word for the instrument — brom for the droning hum, hout for wood — not a local Malian term.

Afrika > West-Afrika > Mali > Mopti (regio) > Djenné

Africa > West Africa > Mali > Mopti (region) > Djenné

Muziekinstrumentenmuseum, Brussels, inv. 1977.011-02 (MIMO record OAI_RMAH_95234)
Object
Bullroarer classified object before 1977
Function
Object evidence from Djenne with no use stated
Map confidence
low_medium - Djenne source place not instrument museum
Source location
MIMO, Djenne bromhout, inventory 1977.011-02

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