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Bull Roarer for Dot Art Painting

100% Authentic Aboriginal Art!  Set of 5 These make great gifts for the children to give to parents. Bull-roarer, pseudomusical instrument or device that produces a howling or whirring sound when whirled through the air. The bull-roarer is commonly a flat piece of wood measuring from 4 to 14 inches (10 to 35 cm) in length and fastened at one end to a thong or string.Along with the didgeridoo, it was a prominent musical technology among the Australian Aborigines, used in ceremonies across the continent. Along with the didgeridoo, it was a prominent musical technology among the Australian Aborigines, used in ceremonies across the continent

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The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over great distances. It dates to the Paleolithic period, being found in Ukraine dating from 18,000 BC. Anthropologist Michael Boyd, a bullroarer expert, documents a number found in Europe, Asia, the Indian sub-continent, Africa, the Americas, and Australia.

In ancient Greece it was a sacred instrument used in the Dionysian Mysteries and is still used in rituals worldwide.

Along with the didgeridoo, it was a prominent musical technology among the Australian Aborigines, used in ceremonies across the continent.

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