Ritual object

Sassunriwu

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: https://khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265

"482 - 483. Devil expellers - "Sassunriwu"
Two expellers of devils made from the leaf ribs of the coconut palm. The ribs have been bound together into bundles like a broom and covered on the outside with yellow cotton. They are hit against the flat hand or against a second instrument of the same type, which creates a rattling noise.

Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 120). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller