BULL ROARER

Consists of a thin flat piece of wood suspended from a string at one end.  It is whirled round and round at arms length, turning on it's axis and making a whirring sound which grows louder the faster it is swung.  It meant the voice of a great ancestral spirit and so holy that some women could never see it.  The Bull Roarer was a sacred object which must be hidden from sight and used only during initiation rites and other important ceremonies.

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