{"id":"NAAIN-020","label":"Koasati Coushatta Bel Abbey bull roarer","people_or_site":"Koasati / Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana / Bel Abbey","country_current":"United States","historic_region":"Louisiana / Allen Parish / Bayou Blue near Elton","macroregion":"North America / Southeast","local_name":"","source_term":"bull roarer","source_language":"English","object_description":"A narrow flat slat on a long cord, whirled from the hand.","function_summary":"Spun in Bel Abbey's demonstrations of Koasati toys and children's games.","attestation_type":"ethnographic_attestation","source_key":"louisiana_folklife_bel_abbey_bullroarer","source_type":"folklife_profile","source_url":"https://www.louisianafolklife.org/lt/virtual_books/keeping_it/creole_book_keep_koas.html","page_or_plate":"Louisiana Folklife web page","map_confidence":"high","plot_status":"plot_with_caveat","coordinate_basis":"Representative Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana reservation / administrative-housing community anchor near Bayou Blue north of Elton. The Louisiana Folklife profile places Bel Abbey near the Koasati Tribal Center but does not give the exact photo or household coordinate; EPA public permit text places the reservation approximately 3 miles north of Elton and gives a reservation outfall coordinate at 30°31'37.29\" N, 92°43'7.01\" W.","jade_complex_role":"","blurb":"Bel Abbey, a Koasati craft maker and storyteller from a settlement near Elton, Louisiana, was photographed spinning a bull roarer to make a pulsating vibrato sound. Born in 1916 and dead in 1992, Abbey belonged to the last Koasati generation raised in the traditional way, brought up by his grandmother, mother, and maternal uncles, and he grew up speaking Koasati before adding Alabama, Choctaw, Mobilian, Cajun French, and English. He made blowguns, darts, bows, arrows, whistles, and Spanish moss spinners, demonstrating them while he told stories and taught his listeners the Koasati names of his creations.","pull_quote":"Neighbor children, in addition to his own family members watched as Bel produced enchanting animal shapes, spinning tops, and puzzles out of mere pieces of wood.","pull_quote_translation":"","pull_quote_cite":"Louisiana Folklife Program, 'Keeping It Alive: Koasati Crafts and Storytelling' (1993)","term_gloss":"","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":"Louisiana Folklife Program, Keeping It Alive: Koasati Crafts and Storytelling (1993), Bel Abbey and Timothy Langley profile","url":"https://www.louisianafolklife.org/lt/virtual_books/keeping_it/creole_book_keep_koas.html","archive":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260519132347/https://www.louisianafolklife.org/lt/virtual_books/keeping_it/creole_book_keep_koas.html"}],"source_citations":"Louisiana Folklife Program, Keeping It Alive: Koasati Crafts and Storytelling (1993), Bel Abbey and Timothy Langley profile","source_display":"Louisiana Folklife Program, Keeping It Alive: Koasati Crafts and Storytelling (1993), Bel Abbey and Timothy Langley profile","date_citation_display":"","object_display":"A narrow flat slat on a long cord, whirled from the hand.","function_display":"Spun in Bel Abbey's demonstrations of Koasati toys and children's games.","confidence_display":"high","attestation_label":"ethnographic attestation","etymology_hedge":"","people_key":"koasati","display_name":"Koasati Coushatta Bel Abbey bull roarer","image":{"full":"assets/objects/NAAIN-020_naain-020-bel-abbey-bullroarer.jpg","thumb":"assets/objects/NAAIN-020_naain-020-bel-abbey-bullroarer_thumb.jpg","credit":"Maida Owens / Louisiana Folklife Program, Keeping It Alive (1993), Bel Abbey profile","license":"Rights reserved (Maida Owens / Louisiana Folklife Program); rehosted for non-commercial research","source_page":"https://www.louisianafolklife.org/lt/virtual_books/keeping_it/creole_book_keep_koas.html","rehosted":true,"representative":false,"caption":"Bel Abbey spins a Koasati bullroarer at his home near Elton, Louisiana."},"slug":"naain-020-koasati-coushatta-tribe-of-louisiana-bel-abbey"}