Specifications

• Length:  26,5 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: sosom
• Price realised: € 1.900,- hp

Provenance

De Zwaan, Amsterdam 29-10-2025, lot 5703.

Publications

Ref.: Baal, Jan van (ca 1970), ‘The cult of the Bull-Roarer in Australia and Southern New Guinea’ in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 119 II, pp. 201-214.

Exhibitions

Additional information

The fish shape and the human head are clearly visible. Van Baal ‘They share their fish-shape with fully identical objects which are used in magical practices. Therefore we may consider the fish-shape to be the accomplished form of the Marin-anim bull-roarer.’

Photo credits

Veilinggebouw De Zwaan