{"id":"MUS2026-137","label":"Wainwright Iñupiaq Imigluktaaq bullroarer","people_or_site":"Inupiaq, Wainwright","country_current":"United States","historic_region":"Wainwright, North Slope, Alaska","macroregion":"North America / Arctic","local_name":"Imigluktaaq","source_term":"Bull Roarer","source_language":"English","object_description":"Six-by-one-and-a-half-inch baleen blade with a single attachment point and cord; Burke Museum 2004-92/84.","function_summary":"A child's toy on the North Slope.","attestation_type":"museum_specimen","source_key":"BURKE_2004_92_84_WAINWRIGHT_IMIGLUKTAAQ","source_type":"museum_collection","source_url":"https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/heritage/artscultures/database/display.php?ID=153643","page_or_plate":"Burke object 2004-92/84","map_confidence":"high","plot_status":"plot_with_caveat","coordinate_basis":"Wainwright community anchor named in the Burke culture field, not an exact collection location.","jade_complex_role":"","blurb":"At Ulġuniq, the Iñupiaq name for Wainwright, life moves between the Chukchi Sea and the tundra. Families hunt bowhead whales and caribou, while seasonal camps follow waterfowl and fish; a successful whale is shared through the community and celebrated at Nalukataq. The imigluktaaq packs its roar into a blade only six inches long—cut from baleen rather than wood and swung from a single cord. At Point Barrow, a hundred miles up the coast, John Murdoch knew this instrument as \"purely a child's toy\"; he never saw one in the hands of an adult.","pull_quote":"Imigluktaaq, Bull Roarer","pull_quote_translation":"","pull_quote_cite":"Burke Museum Arts & Cultures Collections Database, object 2004-92/84.","term_gloss":"Imigluktaaq: Iñupiaq name paired by the Burke Museum with 'Bull Roarer'.","cls":"play_practical","class_label":"Play / practical","color":"#24766D","is_candidate":false,"flags":["toy_survival"],"f_jade_complex":false,"f_women_taboo":false,"f_women_special":false,"f_snake":false,"sources":[{"citation":"Burke Museum Arts & Cultures Collections Database object 2004-92/84: object name 'Imigluktaaq, Bull Roarer'; culture Inupiaq, Wainwright; material Baleen; L 6 in, W 1.5 in; source Frye Art Museum","url":"https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/heritage/artscultures/database/display.php?ID=153643","archive":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261013021550/https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/heritage/artscultures/database/display.php?ID=153643"}],"source_citations":"Burke Museum Arts & Cultures Collections Database object 2004-92/84: object name 'Imigluktaaq, Bull Roarer'; culture Inupiaq, Wainwright; material Baleen; L 6 in, W 1.5 in; source Frye Art Museum","source_display":"Burke Museum Arts & Cultures Collections Database object 2004-92/84: object name 'Imigluktaaq, Bull Roarer'; culture Inupiaq, Wainwright; material Baleen; L 6 in, W 1.5 in; source Frye Art Museum","date_citation_display":"","object_display":"Six-by-one-and-a-half-inch baleen blade with a single attachment point and cord; Burke Museum 2004-92/84.","function_display":"A child's toy on the North Slope.","confidence_display":"high","attestation_label":"museum specimen","etymology_hedge":"","people_key":"inupiaq","display_name":"Wainwright Iñupiaq Imigluktaaq bullroarer","image":{"full":"assets/objects/MUS2026-137_mus2026-137-burke-imigluktaaq.jpg","thumb":"assets/objects/MUS2026-137_mus2026-137-burke-imigluktaaq_thumb.jpg","alt":"Iñupiaq baleen imigluktaaq from Wainwright: a dark, deeply serrated blade with a cord attached at one end and trailing in a loop below.","credit":"Burke Museum, 2004-92/84; gift of the Estate of John C. & Lucietta E. Crupper Revocable Trust","license":"Rights reserved (© Burke Museum); personal/academic research permitted; publication requires prior express written authorization.","source_page":"https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/heritage/artscultures/database/display.php?ID=153643","rehosted":true,"representative":false,"caption":"Iñupiaq baleen imigluktaaq from Wainwright, Burke Museum 2004-92/84."},"slug":"mus2026-137-inupiaq-wainwright"}