{"id":"WHITE1962-001","label":"Zia Pueblo háomomo bullroarer","people_or_site":"Zia (Sia) Pueblo / Keresan","country_current":"United States","historic_region":"Zia Pueblo / Sandoval County / New Mexico","macroregion":"North America / Southwest","local_name":"háomomo","source_term":"bull roarer","source_language":"English / Eastern Keres name","object_description":"Broad wooden blade about 7 inches long and half an inch thick in the middle but thin at the edges, joined by a stout cord about 3 feet long to a wooden handle; complete rig drawn in fig. 50.","function_summary":"Whirled vigorously to make a noise that imitated thunder; owned by the Fire, Kapina, Giant, and possibly Flint societies, with the Snake society able to use the Kapinas' instrument.","attestation_type":"ethnographic_attestation","source_key":"white1962_sia_haomomo","source_type":"primary_ethnography","source_url":"https://archive.org/details/bulletin1841962smit","page_or_plate":"printed p. 315; PDF p. 337; fig. 50","map_confidence":"high","plot_status":"plot_with_caveat","coordinate_basis":"U.S. National Park Service exact Zia Pueblo community anchor; not a documented performance site.","jade_complex_role":"","blurb":"At Zia Pueblo the háomomo made thunder by hand. Its seven-inch wooden blade was thick through the middle and pared thin at the edges, tied by three feet of stout cord to a wooden handle. Whirled hard, it voiced the storm: Zia informants told Leslie White its noise imitated thunder. These were not general village toys. The Fire, Kapina, and Giant societies each kept one, perhaps the Flint society too, while the Snake society could borrow the Kapinas' instrument.","pull_quote":"Bull roarer (háomomo) is a piece of wood about 7 inches long ... It is whirled vigorously ... 'it imitates the sound of thunder.'","pull_quote_translation":"","pull_quote_cite":"White 1962:315","term_gloss":"háomomo: Zia Pueblo name for the bullroarer.","cls":"sacred","class_label":"Sacred / spirit","color":"#8A5A2B","is_candidate":false,"flags":["snake","agriculture","weather"],"f_jade_complex":false,"f_women_taboo":false,"f_women_special":false,"f_snake":true,"sources":[{"citation":"Leslie A. White, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 184 (1962), p. 315 and fig. 50","url":"https://archive.org/details/bulletin1841962smit"}],"source_citations":"Leslie A. White, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 184 (1962), p. 315 and fig. 50","source_display":"Leslie A. White, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 184 (1962), p. 315 and fig. 50","date_citation_display":"","object_display":"Broad wooden blade about 7 inches long and half an inch thick in the middle but thin at the edges, joined by a stout cord about 3 feet long to a wooden handle; complete rig drawn in fig. 50.","function_display":"Whirled vigorously to make a noise that imitated thunder; owned by the Fire, Kapina, Giant, and possibly Flint societies, with the Snake society able to use the Kapinas' instrument.","confidence_display":"high","attestation_label":"ethnographic attestation","etymology_hedge":"","people_key":"zia pueblo","display_name":"Zia Pueblo háomomo bullroarer","image":{"full":"assets/objects/expansion_2026_07/white1962_fig50_zia_haomomo.jpg","thumb":"assets/objects/expansion_2026_07/thumbs/white1962_fig50_zia_haomomo_thumb.jpg","alt":"Zia háomomo rig with blade, cord and handle, drawn by Leslie White.","credit":"Leslie A. White, The Pueblo of Sia, BAE Bulletin 184 (1962), fig. 50","license":"Public domain (United States government work)","source_page":"https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/15446","rehosted":true,"representative":false,"caption":"White’s drawing of the complete Zia háomomo rig: blade, cord, and handle."},"slug":"white1962-001-zia-sia-pueblo-keresan"}