bullroarer
Sign in to saveAlso known as bull-roarer, bull-roarers, rhombus, turndun, thunderstick, whizzer
right|thumb|upright=1.3|Bullroarers from Africa in the Pitt Rivers Museum
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- Bullroarers
- earliest date
- 18000-00-0
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 412.22
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Design, use, and sound
- In culture
- Australian Aboriginal culture
- Ancient Greece
- Great Britain and Ireland
- Scandinavia
- Mali
- Polynesia
- Native North American
- Pomo
- Native South American
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- References
- Other sources
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right|thumb|upright=1.3|Bullroarers from Africa in the Pitt Rivers Museum
The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over great distances. It consists of a piece of wood attached to a string, which when swung in a large circle produces a roaring vibration sound.
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