The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 88
f the bull-roar-er would be answered bythe rumbling of thunder;consequently during adrought the men wouldsally forth, bull-roarersin hand, to invoke the rain-god to send them waterfrom the skies. This curi-ous toy is still used bysome savage tribes, whobelieve its roaringwill frighten awayspirits… … A DOLL OF PINE BARK. them from Alaska, India, the Congo, China, andsome from the Zuni Indians. They are ofvarious shapes and colors, some long and slen- red, green, and black. The large top shown inthe drawing is spun by pulling a thong or cordmade of rawhide through a hole in the side ofits…
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