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bullroarer

ritual musical instrument used for communicating over great distances
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bullroarer

Summary

bullroarer is a type of musical instrument[1]. bullroarer draws 605 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #87 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • bullroarer's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • bullroarer is a type of noisemaker[4].
  • bullroarer is a type of whirling aerophone[5].
  • bullroarer's Commons category is recorded as Bullroarers[6].
  • bullroarer's earliest date is recorded as -18000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • bullroarer's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • bullroarer's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 412.22[9].

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Definition and Type

bullroarer's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include noisemaker[4] and whirling aerophone[5].

Why It Matters

bullroarer draws 605 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #87 of 399).[2] bullroarer has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] bullroarer is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Luistxo · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → noisemaker, whirling aerophone
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q14535662]]"
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