Neolithic Bullroarer „Riparo Gaban“

Instrument Type:

aerophone (free aerophone)

Culture:

unkown

Find Spot:

Riparo Gaban Abri, Conca of Torento, Italy

Period:

Neolithic

Time Frame:

4,900 - 4,700 BC

Material:

bone (reindeer antler) or substitute material (deer antler) / synthetic sinew

Dimensions:

approx. 10 x 3 cm x 0,8 cm

Weight:

17 g

Production Time:

4 weeks

Price:

on request

Reconstruction of a Neolithic bullroarer with zoomorphic incisions representing a fish. Among the Palaeolithic and Neolithic bullroarers this is a small specimen and its flittering sound is quite special. The use of the finding as bullroarer is probable, but there are also other possible uses. Similar objects used as bullroarers are known from ethnographical contexts from all over the world.

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