Devil-Scarer
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 May 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "22982 LOANED TO RENWICK 8/19/81. RETURNED 1983. BULL-ROARER, CA. 1850-75. HOPI INDIANS; ARIZONA. WOOD; WHITE, GREEN, AND BLACK PAINT; COTTON STRING; STICK. 1/2 X 9 X 2 5/8 (1.2 X 22.9 X 6.7) NMNH 22982. THE HOPI USE THE BULL-ROARER SOLELY FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE OUTDOOR CEREMONIES OF THE SNAKE AND ANTELOPE SOCIETIES, A WAR PRIEST WHIRLS IT BRIEFLY TO BRING SUMMER RAINS. APROPOS OF THIS USAGE, THE BULL-ROARER WAS OFTEN DECORATED WITH A LIGHTNING BOLT AND ITS SOUND WAS SAID TO BE LIKE THUNDER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00060
label: USNM Number
content: E22982-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bull Roarer