The Bullroarer Atlas

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Australia 175

  1. Adelaide kadnomarngutta and wimmarriAdelaide region - Restricted
  2. Algamurra (Aboriginal Australian) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Central Australia (1889 label 'Algamurra') - Function not recorded
  3. Antakirinya Cormier/Jones initiation bullroarerNorth-west South Australia / Coober Pedy and Charlotte Waters region - Restricted
  4. Anula Gnabaia bullroarerWestern Gulf of Carpentaria - Restricted
  5. Aranda churinga, Spencer collection (Kunstkamera, 1908)Central Australia (Aranda / Arrernte country) - Restricted
  6. Arunta churinga bullroarer complexMacDonnell Ranges / Alice Springs region - Restricted
  7. Awarai Rum Jungle elder-restricted bullroarer makingRum Jungle to Brocks Creek, Northern Territory - Restricted
  8. Badimaya nganirri bullroarerMurchison / Lake Moore / Ninghan Station / Paynes Find - Function not recorded
  9. Bandjin Tikovina: Kohin’s flying war-charmHinchinbrook Island and the Herbert River mouth, north Queensland - Sacred / spirit
  10. Bangerang (Pangerang)Murray-Goulburn River, northern Victoria and southern NSW (Cummeragunja) - Play / practical
  11. Barda / Bardadjawa Laves bullroarer catalogueCape Leveque / Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley - Restricted
  12. Binbinga Katajalina bullroarerWestern Gulf of Carpentaria - Restricted
  13. Birdhawal Turndun initiation bullroarerNortheast Gippsland / Cann River / Victoria-New South Wales border - Restricted
  14. Birdungu bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)West Kimberley - Restricted
  15. Biripi (Birpai)Manning River / Hastings River (Taree, Port Macquarie) - Restricted
  16. Bloomfield River initiation bullroarer instructionCape York Peninsula - Restricted
  17. Broome bullroarer with its cordBroome, West Kimberley district, Western Australia - Restricted
  18. Mimikur bullroarer songs, Mount Gambier regionSoutheast of South Australia (Mount Gambier, Lacepede Bay, lower Coorong); southern Ngarrindjeri-family country - Sacred / spirit
  19. Bungyarlee and Parkungi moola-uncka initiation bullroarerMomba Station / Wilcannia / northern River Darling - Restricted
  20. Bunurang Victoria child-play bullroarerVictoria - Play / practical
  21. Burdekin River near Townsville BM Oc1977-03-1North Queensland - Function not recorded
  22. Burgess Point / Port Hedland Complex bullroarer motifWithin the last c. 7,000 years - Western Australia / Pilbara / Port Hedland / Burgess Point - Function not recorded
  23. Butchulla (Badtjala)K'gari (Fraser Island) and adjacent Hervey Bay coast - Restricted
  24. Charlotte Waters emu churingaCharlotte Waters and Hermannsburg, Northern Territory (both places named in the museum's locality string) - Restricted
  25. Chepara bribbun death-taboo bullroarerQueensland / New South Wales border coast - Restricted
  26. Clarence Richmond dhooanbooka yoolundry dhalgungunClarence and Richmond Rivers - Restricted
  27. Clews Ridge small burnt bullroarerProbably after c. AD 1800 - New South Wales / Greater Blue Mountains / Wollemi National Park - Function not recorded
  28. Coast Murring Mudji bullroarerRestricted
  29. Cossack bullroarerPilbara / north-west coast, Western Australia - Function not recorded
  30. Cromer Valley bent-line motifc. 3000 BC–AD 1800 - Cromer Valley / Wheeler Creek, Northern Beaches, Sydney, New South Wales - Function not recorded
  31. Culgoa wuddoolnurran and ghidjoolkumbalCulgoa River - Restricted
  32. Daly Waters concentric-circle bullroarerDaly Waters, Northern Territory - Restricted
  33. Calga Daramulan thundering-voice bullroarerCalga Aboriginal Cultural Landscape / Peats Ridge songline / Central Coast - Restricted
  34. Derby district bullroarer SLWA Bates 95-5West Kimberley - Restricted
  35. Dieri yuntha bullroarerRestricted
  36. Djauan Katherine Kunapippi or KunabibbiKatherine River / Djauan country - Restricted
  37. Drysdale River Kimberley Peabody bullroarerWestern Australia / Kimberley / Drysdale River - Restricted
  38. Ellis Trig oval engravingc. 3000 BC–AD 1800 - New South Wales / Ku-ring-gai / Cottage Point - Function not recorded
  39. Euahlayi Narran River Gayandi / Gurraymi Boorah bullroarerNarran River / north-western New South Wales - Restricted
  40. Fitzroy River painted wood bullroarerKimberley / Fitzroy River - Restricted
  41. Flat Rocks Ridge oval-and-line engravingc. 3000 BC–AD 1800 - New South Wales / Hawkesbury River / Dharug (Daruk) country near Gunderman - Function not recorded
  42. Fortescue River ancestor-design bullroarer pairFortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia - Restricted
  43. Gascoyne Mooryumkarr spirit-chaserGascoyne - Sacred / spirit
  44. Geawe-galHunter River valley (Glendon, Singleton) - Restricted
  45. Gringai Torikotti bullroarerWilliams River valley, Dungog-Gresford district - Restricted
  46. Gudanji McArthur River snake-totem churinga bullroarerMcArthur River Station, Gulf country, Northern Territory - Sacred / spirit
  47. Gugu Yalanji-area jinna-juronggor wind charmButcher's Hill / Boggy Creek Reserve southwest of Cooktown - Sacred / spirit
  48. Gungganyji Cape Grafton roarerCape Grafton / Jilliburri, North Queensland - Play / practical
  49. Gupapuyngu Daygurrgurr buralaEastern Arnhem Land / Howard Island - Sacred / spirit
  50. Hidden Valley bullroarer paintingsUndated - Kimberley, Western Australia / Hidden Valley, Kununurra - Function not recorded
  51. Iliaura (Alyawarre)Upper Sandover River region, north-east of the MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory (Iliaura/Alyawarre country, immediately north of the Arunta) - Restricted
  52. ItchumundiLower Darling River (Wilcannia-Menindee-Bourke arc) - Restricted
  53. Iwaidja Port Essington KurahudjiPort Essington / Cobourg Peninsula - Restricted
  54. Jabunbarra Jirrbal and Girramay bibu bullroarerMurray Upper-Cardwell rainforest, northeastern Queensland - Function not recorded
  55. Jangman (Yungman) Purdagiair bullroarerElsey / Roper River headwaters (Jangman country) - Sacred / spirit
  56. KaiabaraWide Bay - Burnett, inland from Maryborough - Restricted
  57. Kaitish (Kaytetye)Sandover / Barrow Creek region - Restricted
  58. Kamilaroi Weir River murrawan and mooniburrigeanWeir River / Tallwood, Queensland - Restricted
  59. Karadjeri / Karajarri initiation bullroarerLa Grange / Bidyadanga, West Kimberley - Restricted
  60. Kariyarra (Kariera) banangari bullroarersPilbara coast around Port Hedland - Sacred / spirit
  61. Katherine River bullroarer with a human-hair loopKatherine River district, Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  62. Keriri / Hammond Island initiation bull-roarer (wanes)Keriri (Hammond Island), Prince of Wales / Muralug group, western Torres Strait, Queensland - Restricted
  63. Kimberley District BM Oc1899-477Kimberley - Restricted
  64. Kings Tableland bullroarer stencilsWithin the last c. 4,000 years - New South Wales / Blue Mountains / Kings Tableland - Sacred / spirit
  65. McIvor River Koko-yimidirr dunggulCape York Peninsula - Restricted
  66. Kookynie district initiation bullroarerKookynie district / Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia - Sacred / spirit
  67. Kulgera Rainbow Serpent churingaKulgera, Northern Territory, Australia - Restricted
  68. Kurnai Tundun bullroarerRestricted
  69. Lake Naddern Peabody bullroarerNamendarra Lake, Shire of Laverton, Western Australia (Peabody: 'Lake Naddern') - Restricted
  70. Lardil bull-roarer (museum specimen)Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria - Play / practical
  71. Larrakia Bidu-bidu DarwinDarwin / Larrakia country - Restricted
  72. Arrernte initiation bullroarer collected by P.M. Byrne, Charlotte Waters (1896)Charlotte Waters telegraph station, southern Northern Territory near the South Australian border; Lower / Southern Arrernte (Arandic) country - Restricted
  73. Mabuiag turtle-fishery bullroarerSacred / spirit
  74. Macleay Bellinger gheewarra ngaranya yeemboomulMacleay and Bellinger Rivers - Restricted
  75. Mara (Marra)Coastal country around the mouth of the Limmen Bight River, southwest Gulf of Carpentaria, between the Roper River and Maria Island, Northern Territory - Restricted
  76. Mardu (Mardudjara) Western Desert sacred-board bullroarerWestern Desert of Western Australia, around Lake Disappointment (Kumpupintil) on the Little Sandy / Gibson Desert margins; people now centred on Jigalong - Restricted
  77. Martuthunira bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Pilbara coast - Sacred / spirit
  78. Matuntara (Kukata)Matuntara (Kukata) country south of the Levi Range, around the Palmer River tributary of the Finke River, eastward to Erldunda and westward to Curtin Springs, straddling the Northern Territory / South Australia border - Restricted
  79. Mer / Murray Island boys' toy bullroarerPlay / practical
  80. Mer bullroarer mounted on its stickMer (Murray Island), Eastern Islands, Torres Strait, Queensland - Weather / fertility magic
  81. Mer rain-making bullroarer (bigo)Mer (Murray Island), Eastern Islands, Torres Strait, Queensland - Weather / fertility magic
  82. Yirrkala craft-shop bullroarerYirrkala, north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory (probable point of production; the museum's printed locality is Woomera, South Australia) - Function not recorded
  83. Milingimbi Island bullroarer and handle, NMNH E387549Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory - Restricted
  84. Milparinka Toon Doon PRM 1900.55.275Corner Country, far north-western New South Wales - Restricted
  85. Mitirinji Quoin Island panmaddaPrincess Charlotte Bay / Stewart River - Restricted
  86. Moa (Mua) IslandersMoa (Mua / Banks) Island, western Torres Strait, Queensland - Weather / fertility magic
  87. Momba Station bullroarer with its stringMomba Station, Darling and Paroo river system, north-western New South Wales - Restricted
  88. Mount Barnett bullroarer (SMVK)Western Australia / Kimberley / Mount Barnett - Restricted
  89. Mount Margaret Hambly cat 173154Goldfields / Mount Margaret - Restricted
  90. Mularatara (Matuntara)Southern Western Desert: Palmer River country south of the Levi Range, east to Erldunda and west to Curtin Springs, extending across the Northern Territory border into northern South Australia - Restricted
  91. Mulga Downs (rock-art) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Pilbara, Western Australia - Function not recorded
  92. Cairns and Mulgrave Periperipo BM Oc1900-0723-46North Queensland - Function not recorded
  93. Mungarai Roper-Mataranka KunapippiRoper River / Mataranka country - Restricted
  94. Muralug waness bullroarerRestricted
  95. Murawari (Muruwari)Culgoa / Bokhara / Birrie / Nebine Rivers - Restricted
  96. Murinbata Karwadi Punj ngawuruPort Keats / Daly region - Restricted
  97. Flinders River Mycoololl mobolcthtNorth Queensland / Gulf country - Restricted
  98. NambutjiNorthern Western Desert, Luritja-speaking country north of the Pitjantjatjara and west of the Aranda, around the Mount Liebig–Haasts Bluff–Lake Macdonald corridor on the Northern Territory side near the Western Australia border - Restricted
  99. Nanggumiri Karwadi All-Mother cult transmissionFlora River / central Daly River, Northern Territory - Restricted
  100. Narrang-ga / Narungga restricted bullroarerYorke Peninsula, South Australia - Restricted
  101. Ngalakan (Nullakun) Kunapippi bullroarerRoper River / southern Arnhem Land (Ngalakan country) - Restricted
  102. NgarigoMonaro / Snowy Mountains (Cooma, Bombala) - Restricted
  103. Ngarinyin (Ungarinyin)Northern Kimberley, WA, wandjina country - Restricted
  104. Ngarluma (Ngaluma) banangari bullroarerPilbara coast between Maitland and Sherlock rivers - Sacred / spirit
  105. Sherlock River cora (Wereldmuseum, Leiden)Pilbara - Sacred / spirit
  106. Ngatatara (Ngadadjara) — namatunaWestern Desert, centred on the Warburton Ranges (eastern WA, extending into SW Northern Territory and NW South Australia); the namatuna myth was recorded by Roheim from the Ngatatara man Kulaia (with the Aranda man Thomas) at Hermannsburg Mission, Aranda country (NT) - Restricted
  107. Painted North Queensland fire-plough boardNorth Queensland - Function not recorded
  108. Nunggubuyu bull-roarer (museum)Numbulwar, Arnhem Land (NT) - Restricted
  109. Nyamal bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Pilbara - Restricted
  110. Nyamal (Gnamo) cora, Nullagine district (Wereldmuseum, Leiden)Pilbara - Sacred / spirit
  111. Nyulnyul (Nyul Nyul), Beagle BayWestern side of the Dampier Peninsula (Beagle Bay area), Kimberley region, Western Australia - Restricted
  112. Ooldea native-camp bullroarerOoldea Soak, South Australia - Restricted
  113. Oscar Ranges Kimberley bullroarerOscar Ranges, Kimberley, Western Australia - Restricted
  114. Pindupi (Pintupi)Western Desert, between Lake Mackay and Lake Macdonald along the WA/NT border (Kintore Range / Walungurru); Roheim's Pindupi data gathered from his 1929 base at Hermannsburg in Central Australia - Restricted
  115. PitjantjatjaraAnangu lands, NW South Australia / SW Northern Territory near Uluru - Restricted
  116. Roth north-west-central Queensland whirler complexNorth-west-central Queensland - Restricted
  117. Port Lincoln witarna and pullakalliPort Lincoln - Restricted
  118. Potaruwutj mimikur talking-tree bullroarerTatiara / Naracoorte-Bordertown district / South Australia - Sacred / spirit
  119. Mathaman Marika's Wawaluk lagoon paintingNorth-east Arnhem Land / Yirrkala - Restricted
  120. Roebourne bullroarer (SMVK)Western Australia / Roebourne - Restricted
  121. Roebuck Bay whistling-stick bullroarerRoebuck Bay / Broome district, Western Australia - Sacred / spirit
  122. Shoalhaven southeast coast mooroongaShoalhaven River and southeast coast NSW - Restricted
  123. South-West Australian woondahSouth-West Western Australia (Noongar country) - Play / practical
  124. Southern Cross stone yeenma SLWA Bates 95-12Yilgarn / Southern Cross - Function not recorded
  125. Sunday Island bullroarer (Mjöberg expedition)Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Islands - Sacred / spirit
  126. Table-land cora (Wereldmuseum, Leiden)Pilbara - Sacred / spirit
  127. Tasmania's hidden roarlutruwita / Tasmania - Restricted
  128. Tati Tati (Ta-ta-thi) Kalk bullroarer nameMurray River below the Murrumbidgee junction (Tati Tati country) - Function not recorded
  129. Theddora (Dhudhuroa)Mitta Mitta / Kiewa / Upper Murray (Omeo, Wodonga) - Restricted
  130. Tjingilli (Jingulu)Newcastle Waters / Elliott (Barkly) - Restricted
  131. Western Cape York pipe-ra-chy initiation bullroarerWestern Cape York Peninsula / Batavia (Wenlock) River - Restricted
  132. Hunter-Macleay gonnandhakeenHunter to Macleay Rivers, New South Wales - Restricted
  133. Brisbane River initiation bullroarersQueensland / Brisbane River - Restricted
  134. Ungarinyin and Wurara/Worora closed-archive bullroarersNorth Kimberley / Prince Regent and related Kimberley archive region - Restricted
  135. Gunggari Bora ceremony bullroarerQueensland / Maranoa River district - Restricted
  136. Unmatjera Twanyirika bullroarerCentral Australia - Restricted
  137. Kalgoorlie-acquired incised bullroarer (BM Oc1953,15.1)Western Australia goldfields (acquisition locality) - Function not recorded
  138. Paroo-Warrego-Mungalella young-men-making bull-roarerUpper Paroo and Warrego Rivers / Mungalella (Mungallala) Creek, south-west Queensland - Restricted
  139. Urabunna chimbaliri bullroarerCentral Australia / Lake Eyre region - Restricted
  140. Urania Tribe Linda Creek bull-roarerWestern Queensland / Linda Creek - Function not recorded
  141. Victoria River black wooden bullroarerVictoria River, Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  142. Wajarri / Wadjarri bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Murchison - Restricted
  143. Wambaya (Umbaia) Beetaloo purtuliBeetaloo Waterhole (Briggs Lagoon), Barkly Region - Restricted
  144. Wangkangurru inchitcha bullroarerMungeranie / country east of Lake Eyre - Restricted
  145. Wardaman bull-roarer (museum specimen)Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  146. Mamu Gulngay wungumali bullroarerJohnstone River / lower Tully-Murray rainforest / North Queensland - Sacred / spirit
  147. Warlpiri / Walbiri Gadjari bullroarersCentral Australia / Tanami Desert / Warlpiri country - Restricted
  148. Warnindhilyagwa bull-roarer (museum)Groote Eylandt, Arnhem Land, N - Function not recorded
  149. Warumungu Tennant Creek murtu-murtu initiation bullroarerTennant Creek district, Northern Territory - Restricted
  150. Wathi-wathi (Wadi-wadi) Kalari Burbung bullroarerMurray River around Balranald / Tooleybuc - Restricted
  151. Etarratarra twin-boys bullroarersUndated - Northern Territory / Finke Gorge National Park / Palm Valley - Sacred / spirit
  152. Desert-tribe cora with snake incision (Wereldmuseum, Leiden)Pilbara - Sacred / spirit
  153. Wik-Mungkan moiya and paka paka bullroarer mythsWestern Cape York - Restricted
  154. Wiknatara (Wik-Iiyanh)Western Cape York, Aurukun region - Restricted
  155. Willilambi Twilight Cove boorbing and yeenma BatesEucla / Twilight Cove - Function not recorded
  156. Wiluna initiation bullroarerWiluna / Mid West, Western Australia - Sacred / spirit
  157. Wiradthuri Macquarie-Bogan mudthega and moonibearMacquarie and Bogan Rivers - Restricted
  158. Upper Murrumbidgee mundjeegongUpper Murrumbidgee River - Restricted
  159. Wolgal (Walgalu)Upper Murrumbidgee / Tumut / Kiandra - Restricted
  160. Wonghi/Wonghibon initiation bullroarerNew South Wales - Restricted
  161. Worgait Bidu or Bidju-Bidju WagaitWagait / Worgait country - Restricted
  162. WorimiPort Stephens / lower Hunter River - Restricted
  163. Wulwulam Mary River discarded initiation bullroarersMary River headwaters / Pine Creek, Northern Territory - Restricted
  164. Wurunjerri / Wurundjeri initiation messenger bullroarerYarra River / Kulin country, Victoria - Restricted
  165. Wyndham WA Science Museum A140596East Kimberley - Function not recorded
  166. Yam (Iama) IslandersYam (Iama) Island, central Torres Strait; territory of the Kulkalgal central-island people (Yam paired with neighbouring Tutu) - Weather / fertility magic
  167. Yandruwandha thuburu exile-signal bullroarerInnamincka / Cooper Creek / northeastern South Australia - Play / practical
  168. Yaraikanna (umbalako)Cape York tip (Somerset hinterland), Queensland - Restricted
  169. Cairns bullroarer, 'Yedinjie (?)' (Edinburgh)Cairns, North Queensland - Restricted
  170. Yindjibarndi bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Pilbara - Restricted
  171. Ingibandi (Yindjibarndi) cora (Wereldmuseum, Leiden)Pilbara - Sacred / spirit
  172. Yir-Yoront yoq-par-muw sacred-board bullroarerLower Mitchell River / Kowanyama (Mitchell River Mission), Cape York Peninsula - Sacred / spirit
  173. Yolngu bull roarer with painted python design, Arnhem LandArnhem Land - Restricted
  174. Yuin Daramulun voice bullroarerSoutheastern Australia - Restricted
  175. Yumu (Jumu)Western MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory — Haast Bluff (Paura) and Mount Liebig country, west of the central MacDonnell Ranges - Restricted

Papua New Guinea 175

  1. Abelam (incl.Maprik)East Sepik - Restricted
  2. AgarabiEastern Highlands - Restricted
  3. Aimei Kiwai kaiaimuru bullroarerGulf Province / lower Era River - Function not recorded
  4. Anga (Angu) bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Morobe–Gulf fringe (Anga) - Restricted
  5. Ankave-Anga bullroarer (Suowi Valley)Southern Anga territory, northernmost Gulf Province at the Morobe / Eastern Highlands junction (Suowi-Mbwei Valley) - Restricted
  6. Arapesh (incl.Kaboibus)East Sepik - Restricted
  7. Astrolabe BayMadang - Sacred / spirit
  8. Aua Island Schwirrholz toy bullroarerManus / Western Islands (Aua) - Play / practical
  9. Auyana bullroarer old-man spirit voiceEastern Highlands / Anga-Eastern Highlands men's cult zone - Restricted
  10. AvatipEast Sepik - Restricted
  11. AwalamaMilne Bay - Sacred / spirit
  12. Bagabag IslandMadang - Sacred / spirit
  13. BainingEast New Britain - Restricted
  14. Baluan IslandManus - Function not recorded
  15. BanaroEast Sepik - Restricted
  16. Baramura ceremonial bullroarerLower Fly River, Western Province - Sacred / spirit
  17. BarriaiWest New Britain - Restricted
  18. Baruya bullroarer in initiationEastern Highlands / Anga-Eastern Highlands men's cult zone - Restricted
  19. BaskenMadang - Sacred / spirit
  20. Bena Bena pig-festival revelationEastern Highlands / Bena Bena valley - Restricted
  21. Bensbach bull-roarer (museum specimen)Western Province (Morehead) - Function not recorded
  22. Bensbach bullroarer with intact cordWestern Province (Trans-Fly) / Bensbach River - Function not recorded
  23. Bia-WariaMorobe - Restricted
  24. Biliau (Rai Coast)Biliau, Rai Coast (Madang, near Saidor) - Function not recorded
  25. BinandereNorthern - Restricted
  26. Boazi (Boadzi / Kuni / Zimakani)Lake Murray and its central/northern shores plus the middle reaches of the Fly River, Western Province (southern lowlands) - Restricted
  27. BoikenEast Sepik - Restricted
  28. Bola Bakovi tuvura bullroarerWillaumez / Talasea Peninsula / West New Britain / New Pommern - Sacred / spirit
  29. Bongu bull-roarer (museum)Rai Coast, Madang (Astrolabe B - Function not recorded
  30. Borli/Boli (Waria watershed)Borli/Boli (Waria watershed) - Restricted
  31. Bosman bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Melanesia, Papua New Guinea - Function not recorded
  32. Buin (incl.Telei, Uisai)Bougainville - Sacred / spirit
  33. BukaBougainville - Restricted
  34. Bukaua bullroarer (Neuhauss, VI 29955)Morobe (former German New Guinea / Nordost-Neuguinea) - Restricted
  35. Bukawa / YabimMorobe - Restricted
  36. Burum-Mindik esöŋ bullroarerBurum and Mindik valleys, inland southern Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province - Restricted
  37. BusamaMorobe - Restricted
  38. Bush Kaliai Varku bullroarer tambaranKaliai bush, Kove/Kaliai Rural LLG, West New Britain - Restricted
  39. Cape CretinMorobe - Sacred / spirit
  40. Palimbei monumental Iatmul bullroarerMiddle Sepik / Palimbei (Parambei; Bragge: Parembei; historic catalog: Palimbai II) - Restricted
  41. ChambriEast Sepik - Restricted
  42. Dagoi Dagu bullroarerDagoi / Dagu / Bogia District / Madang Province - Sacred / spirit
  43. Dom / SinasinaChimbu - Sacred / spirit
  44. Bunu village Schwirrholz (MARKK 4497 I)Morobe Province / Finschhafen hinterland - Function not recorded
  45. Duo YangoruEast Sepik - Sacred / spirit
  46. EklepWest New Britain - Sacred / spirit
  47. Elema: GeneralGulf - Restricted
  48. Wabag blade with a carved headEnga Province / Wabag - Function not recorded
  49. Evaora bullroarer charm, Panaroa River / Port RomillyPanaroa (Ivey) River / Port Romilly, Gulf Province - Weather / fertility magic
  50. FinschhafenMorobe - Restricted
  51. Fly RiverWestern - Restricted
  52. Gadsup returning-grandparents voiceEastern Highlands / Kainantu-Gadsup area - Restricted
  53. Gambadi thowatti, KwavaruWestern - Restricted
  54. GawacMorobe - Restricted
  55. Gazelle: GeneralEast New Britain - Play / practical
  56. Goaribari bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Goaribari, Gulf Province (Kikori delta) - Restricted
  57. Gogodala bull-roarer (museum)Western Province (Aramia River - Function not recorded
  58. Grass Country Sepik-Keram bullroarer Yale PeabodyGrass Country between the Sepik and Keram rivers, East Sepik - Function not recorded
  59. Guhu-SamaneMorobe - Restricted
  60. Gulf of Papua initiation bullroarerGulf of Papua / British New Guinea - Restricted
  61. Gulf Province eleven-bullroarer seriesGulf Province (no district or village recorded) - Function not recorded
  62. HakusBougainville - Restricted
  63. HubeMorobe - Function not recorded
  64. Hunjara / Koko wowow initiation bullroarerYodda Valley / Kokoda / Kumusi Division - Restricted
  65. Huon Gulf (General)Morobe - Restricted
  66. Iari bull-roarer (museum)Purari Delta, Gulf - Restricted
  67. Kanganamun Iatmul initiation bullroarerMiddle Sepik / Kanganamun - Restricted
  68. Iatmul — MindimbitEast Sepik - Restricted
  69. Jare bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Papuan Gulf area - Restricted
  70. Kafe / KainantuEastern Highlands - Restricted
  71. KaiMorobe - Restricted
  72. Krause 1888 Schwirrholz, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin VI 10342 — the first figured New Guinea bull-roarerKaiser-Wilhelmsland (German New Guinea), locality unrecorded - Function not recorded
  73. Kaluli bull-roarer (museum)Mount Bosavi, Great Papuan Pla - Function not recorded
  74. Kamano, Fore, Jate, UsurufaEastern Highlands - Restricted
  75. KambramboLower Sepik, East Sepik Province - Restricted
  76. Kapriman bull-roarer (museum)Sepik (Kambaramba), East Sepik - Restricted
  77. Karama (Elema)Gulf - Restricted
  78. Karkar Island (incl. Karkar-Takia, Karkar Waskia & Gubardau Takia)Madang - Sacred / spirit
  79. KerakiWestern - Restricted
  80. Kilenge (nausan)Cape Gloucester, far-west New Britain - Restricted
  81. King / KalilNew Ireland - Restricted
  82. KiwaiWestern - Restricted
  83. Komnzo frfr and ŋofoŋofo bullroarers, RoukuRouku village, Morehead district, Western Province (Trans-Fly) - Restricted
  84. Koriki bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Purari Delta (Pai-i-ara), Gulf Province - Restricted
  85. Kairu (Koriki) "imunu-viki" bullroarer, Purari DeltaGulf Province / Purari Delta / Naman District / Kairu - Sacred / spirit
  86. Kranket (Grager) Djabobibi, Finsch 1888 correctedKranket Island, Madang Lagoon (Astrolabe Bay, German New Guinea) - Sacred / spirit
  87. Kubka (Kubkin) Upper Sepik bullroarer, Yale PeabodyEast Sepik / Leonard Schultze (Walio) River / Kubka-Kubkain vicinity - Function not recorded
  88. Kubu ceremonial bullroarerKubu, Western Province - Sacred / spirit
  89. KurtiManus - Function not recorded
  90. Kwaplalim ochred bullroarer bundle PRM 1996.40.1Morobe Province, Menyamya district - Function not recorded
  91. KwomaEast Sepik - Restricted
  92. Lae-WombaMorobe - Function not recorded
  93. Lake KutubuSouthern Highlands - Play / practical
  94. LaksNew Ireland - Restricted
  95. Lala (Nara) biliva model bullroarer, MAA E 1905.242Central Province / Kairuku Hiri District / Lala (Nara) area - Weather / fertility magic
  96. Maclay CoastMadang - Restricted
  97. MaipkaWestern Highlands - Sacred / spirit
  98. Maipua bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Purari delta (Maipua), Gulf - Restricted
  99. Mairipepia wooden rhombeGulf Province / Mairipepia village - Function not recorded
  100. MaisinNorthern - Function not recorded
  101. Mali Baining bullroarers, Iwon (Bateson, 1928)East New Britain / Gazelle Peninsula / Iwon - Sacred / spirit
  102. Manam Island (incl. Dugulaba)Madang - Restricted
  103. Masingara bull-roarer (museum specimen)Western Province (near Daru) - Restricted
  104. Mawai (Waria watershed)Mawai (Waria watershed) - Restricted
  105. Mekeo tabu-proclamation bull-roarer (Q.M. N.G. 18639)Central Province / Mekeo District - Sacred / spirit
  106. MengenEast New Britain - Sacred / spirit
  107. Middle Sepik fishtail bullroarerMiddle Sepik - Function not recorded
  108. Moando area (Madang)Moando-Sprachgebiet, NE New Guinea (Madang hinterland) - Function not recorded
  109. MoripiGulf - Restricted
  110. MowehafenWest New Britain - Sacred / spirit
  111. MundugumorEast Sepik - Sacred / spirit
  112. Murik / Kaup / KerauEast Sepik - Restricted
  113. NakanaiWest New Britain - Play / practical
  114. NalikNew Ireland - Function not recorded
  115. Namau "Imunu Viki" bullroarer, Baroi RiverGulf Province / Purari Delta / Naman District / Baroi River / Ukiaravi - Restricted
  116. NasioiBougainville - Function not recorded
  117. New Hanover (incl. Tungak, Lavongai)New Ireland - Function not recorded
  118. NgaingMadang - Restricted
  119. NiauraEast Sepik - Restricted
  120. Nungon first-harvest bullroarer, Uruwa valleyUruwa River valley / Kabwum District, Morobe Province - Sacred / spirit
  121. OrokaivaNorthern - Restricted
  122. Orokaiva bullroarer, Kokoda DistrictBritish New Guinea / North Division / Kokoda District - Restricted
  123. OrokoloGulf - Restricted
  124. Pororan IslandBougainville - Sacred / spirit
  125. Port Moresby Papan house emblem and child's bullroarerPort Moresby, British New Guinea - Sacred / spirit
  126. PurariGulf - Restricted
  127. Kaimari Island Purari spirit-voice bullroarerKaimari Island / Port Romilly / Gulf Province - Sacred / spirit
  128. Purari Delta face-carved bullroarer trioGulf of Papua / Purari Delta - Function not recorded
  129. Ramuaina / Duke of York IslandEast New Britain - Function not recorded
  130. RaoMadang - Function not recorded
  131. Roro rhombes, Yule district (Quai Branly 1933 lot)Central Province / Bereina subdistrict / Roro Islands - Restricted
  132. Ruk Ruk northern Bougainville warning bullroarerNorthern Bougainville - Restricted
  133. Duka’ yungalu, the bird’s callEastern Highlands (people and place names pseudonymized) - Sacred / spirit
  134. Sawos bull-roarer (museum)Torembi, East Sepik - Function not recorded
  135. Sepa communal bullroarerSepa village / Bogia District / Madang Province - Sacred / spirit
  136. SepoeGulf - Restricted
  137. SerangMadang - Function not recorded
  138. Siassi IslandsMorobe - Restricted
  139. SioMorobe - Sacred / spirit
  140. Sirorata sova bullroarer (Oro Province)Oro Province / Sirorata - Restricted
  141. Sissano bullroarer, Aitape coast (Übersee-Museum Bremen, pre-1913)Sissano villages, Aitape coast, West Sepik (former German New Guinea) - Function not recorded
  142. SiwaiBougainville - Function not recorded
  143. Solos bull-roarer (museum)Buka Island, Autonomous Re - Sacred / spirit
  144. SulkaEast New Britain - Restricted
  145. Tairora bullroarer male-spirit declarationEastern Highlands / Anga-Eastern Highlands men's cult zone - Restricted
  146. TamiMorobe - Restricted
  147. Tanga tangalop bullroarer size gradesTanga Islands (Boang, Malendok, Lif, Tefa) / New Ireland Province / former German New Guinea - Restricted
  148. TapenMadang - Sacred / spirit
  149. Tarawai IslandEast Sepik - Restricted
  150. Taulil bull-roarer (museum specimen)Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain - Restricted
  151. TaupotaMilne Bay - Sacred / spirit
  152. Titans (incl. M'bunai, Rambutyo Island & Mouk)Manus - Function not recorded
  153. Toaripi (Motumotu)Gulf - Restricted
  154. TolaiEast New Britain - Play / practical
  155. TopuraMilne Bay - Sacred / spirit
  156. TubulamoCentral - Function not recorded
  157. Nine named rubu of UaripiGulf Province / Uaripi village / Kerema District - Restricted
  158. Umboi IslandMorobe - Sacred / spirit
  159. Urama bull-roarer (museum)Gulf Province (Urama Island) - Restricted
  160. Uramot Baining salek bullroarers (Bateson, New Britain)East New Britain / Gazelle Peninsula / Latramat-Kainagunen - Restricted
  161. UtuwalaMilne Bay - Function not recorded
  162. Vanimo (incl. Warimo, Wutung and Yako)West Sepik - Function not recorded
  163. WaimaCentral - Sacred / spirit
  164. WamparMorobe - Function not recorded
  165. WapeiWest Sepik - Function not recorded
  166. Wapo-EraGulf - Function not recorded
  167. Witu Islands circumcision-spirit bullroarerFrench Islands (Französische Inseln), German New Guinea; now the Vitu / Witu Islands, West New Britain Province - Restricted
  168. WogeoEast Sepik - Restricted
  169. Wosera initiation bullroarerEast Sepik / Wosera - Restricted
  170. Serangwandu initiation bullroarer, WoseraEast Sepik / Wosera - Restricted
  171. Yimar (Korowori)Upper Korowori (Karawari) River, East Sepik - Restricted
  172. Yonggom bull-roarer (museum)Western Province (Muyu/Ok Tedi - Restricted
  173. Yopno ancestor and traditional-law bullroarerMadang Province / Rai Coast District / Teptep, upper Yupna Valley - Sacred / spirit
  174. YupnoNokopo village, Finisterre Range, Madang Province - Restricted
  175. ZiaMorobe - Sacred / spirit

United States 174

  1. Achomawi mountain-sheep-horn bullroarerUpper Pit River drainage and the western slopes of the Warner Range, northeastern California - Weather / fertility magic
  2. Sikyatki grave pahoBefore 1540 AD - Arizona / Tusayan / Navajo County - Function not recorded
  3. Mesa Verde Ruin 14 bone bullroarerc. 1150–1300 AD - Wetherill Mesa, Mesa Verde, Colorado - Function not recorded
  4. Pueblo del Arroyo elk-bone bullroarerc. 1065–1150 AD - Pueblo del Arroyo / Chaco Canyon / undated within site - Weather / fertility magic
  5. Salmon Pueblo turquoise-and-hematite mosaic bullroarerc. 1090–1280 AD - Salmon Pueblo / San Juan County, New Mexico / mixed Chacoan and San Juan context - Function not recorded
  6. Antarianunts Southern Paiute bullroarerHenry Mountains, Garfield County, Utah - Function not recorded
  7. Apache San Carlos tzi-ditindi sounding woodSan Carlos Agency, Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  8. Arapaho toy or wind bullroarerGreat Plains / Arapaho - Play / practical
  9. Ash Meadows Southern Paiute bullroarerAsh Meadows, Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada - Function not recorded
  10. Atsa (Fort McDermitt) wimo'to snow-melting bullroarerQuinn River drainage, northern Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  11. Atsugewi Hat Creek children's bullroarerHat Creek and Dixie Valley - Play / practical
  12. Beatty Shoshoni bullroarerBeatty, Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada - Function not recorded
  13. Birnirk site baleen bull-roarers (Ford 1959)c. 500–900 AD - Piġniq (Birnirk site), near Utqiaġvik, Alaska - Play / practical
  14. Bohogue Shoshoni wiipunonohwi at Fort HallSnake River plain about Fort Hall, southeastern Idaho - Weather / fertility magic
  15. Bristol Bay bull-roarer (Penn 18400)Bristol Bay, Alaska - Play / practical
  16. Capitan Grande Kumeyaay bullroarer (1908)San Diego County / Capitan Grande - Restricted
  17. Carter Ranch bone bow guardc. 950–1200 AD - Hay Hollow Valley / Little Colorado drainage, Apache County, Arizona - Function not recorded
  18. Castaic Cave Chumash funerary lot, collected by Stephen Bowers (1885)c. AD 1150–1800 - California / Los Angeles County / Castaic Cave - Sacred / spirit
  19. Catawba Rock Hill NMAI 20-5062South Carolina Piedmont - Function not recorded
  20. Chandalar storm-turning bullroarerAlaska / East Fork Chandalar and upper Sheenjek drainages - Weather / fertility magic
  21. Chemehuevi (Southern Paiute)Eastern Mojave Desert and Chemehuevi Valley along the lower Colorado River (southeastern California / western Arizona) - Weather / fertility magic
  22. Chetco bull-roarerChetco River, Curry County, Oregon - Play / practical
  23. Chiricahua Apache bull-roarer (museum specimen)Arizona - Weather / fertility magic
  24. Cibecue roarer sounded in the openCibecue Creek, east-central Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  25. Coast Miwok bullroarerCentral California coast - Sacred / spirit
  26. Coast YukiPacific coast of Mendocino County, roughly the Noyo River north to the Sinkyone boundary (Westport–Usal heartland), northern California - Weather / fertility magic
  27. Coeur d'Alene bull-roarerLake Coeur d'Alene, northern Idaho - Play / practical
  28. Comanche yuane 'warm wind' medicine bullroarerComancheria / southwestern Oklahoma - Sacred / spirit
  29. Coso Animal Master figureProbably before c. AD 1300 - Coso Range Rock Art Complex, China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, eastern California (Inyo/Kern county line) - Sacred / spirit
  30. Cupeno assembly-signal bullroarerCalifornia - Sacred / spirit
  31. Death Valley Shoshoni mountain-sheep-horn bullroarerNorthern Death Valley, Inyo County, California - Play / practical
  32. Deep Creek Goshute toy bullroarerDeep Creek Valley / Ibapah, western Utah, edge of the Great Salt Lake Desert - Play / practical
  33. Desert Cahuilla assembly bullroarer (Tuva)Tuva / Fish Springs, Salton Sink, Southern California - Sacred / spirit
  34. Diegueno assembly and curing bullroarerCalifornia / Baja borderlands - Restricted
  35. Dividing Point, Alaska antler bullroarer, Yale PeabodyAlaska / Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area / Dividing Point - Function not recorded
  36. Eastern Achomawi shamans' bone bullroarerWest's Valley and Alturas, upper Pit River country, northeastern California - Weather / fertility magic
  37. Eastern Cherokee Birdtown children's bullroarerNorth Carolina / Qualla Boundary / Birdtown - Play / practical
  38. Eastern Shoshone bull-roarer swung to bring a thawWind River country, western Wyoming (Wind River Reservation) - Weather / fertility magic
  39. The clown announces the ganWhite River and Fort Apache country, east-central Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  40. Elk Hills cemetery bullroarer fragment (CA-KER-116)c. 1780–1818 AD - Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, California - Function not recorded
  41. Elko and Battle Mountain Shoshoni wind bullroarerElko and Battle Mountain, Humboldt River, Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  42. Ely Shoshoni toy bullroarerEly, Steptoe Valley, White Pine County, Nevada - Play / practical
  43. Fish Springs Northern Paiute wooden toy bullroarerFish Springs, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California - Play / practical
  44. Fort McDowell Yavapai medicine and toy bullroarersFort McDowell Reservation / lower Verde River, Maricopa County, Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  45. Galice Creek bull-roarerGalice Creek, Rogue River, Josephine County, Oregon - Play / practical
  46. The feathered Gosiute whirrer of Skull ValleySkull Valley, west of the Great Salt Lake, Utah - Weather / fertility magic
  47. Great Smoky Valley Shoshoni bullroarerGreat Smoky Valley, Nye County, Nevada - Function not recorded
  48. Gros Ventre toy bullroarerNorthern Plains - Play / practical
  49. Hamilton Shoshoni bullroarerHamilton, White Pine Range, White Pine County, Nevada - Function not recorded
  50. Havasupai rain bullroarerGrand Canyon / Havasupai - Weather / fertility magic
  51. Hayfork Wintu storm-wind bullroarerHayfork Valley, Trinity County, northwestern California - Weather / fertility magic
  52. Hogup Cave bull-roarer, Stratum 3c. 7840–4540 BC - Hogup Mountains, Box Elder County, Utah (eastern Great Basin) - Function not recorded
  53. Hopi bullroarer, SongoopaviArizona / Hopi Reservation / Second Mesa / Songoopavi (Shongopovi) - Sacred / spirit
  54. Hopi thunder-stick bullroarer, MishongnoviArizona / Hopi Reservation / Second Mesa / Mishongnovi (Musangnuvi) - Weather / fertility magic
  55. Shipaulovi Hopi tovolpi (KHM Oslo UEM13727)Second Mesa, Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  56. Rustler Hills infant-burial bull-roarerBefore c. 1100 AD - Trans-Pecos Texas (Rustler Hills, Culberson County) - Function not recorded
  57. Hunkpapa Lakota bull-roarer (museum specimen)North/South Dakota (Standing Rock) - Play / practical
  58. Hurricane Deck cave bullroarers (Santa Barbara County)Before c. AD 1770 - California / Santa Barbara County / Hurricane Deck - Function not recorded
  59. Inland Yuki thunder-voice bullroarerRound Valley, Mendocino County - Restricted
  60. Kotzebue Iñupiaq wolf-scarer NMAI 26-2512Alaska / Kotzebue Sound - Play / practical
  61. Point Hope Inupiaq wolfscarer Crossroads AlaskaAlaska / Point Hope - Play / practical
  62. Wainwright Inupiaq Imigluktaaq bullroarerWainwright, North Slope, Alaska - Play / practical
  63. Inyo County denticulated toy bullroarerCalifornia / Inyo County - Play / practical
  64. Jemez (Walatowa) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico - Function not recorded
  65. Kachina Cave serrated scapulac. 3050 BC–c. AD 600 - Smith Creek Canyon, northern Snake Range, White Pine County, Nevada (eastern Great Basin) - Function not recorded
  66. Kaibab Southern Paiute-attributed bullroarer whirrersArizona Strip / Kaibab Indian Reservation, northern Arizona - Weather / fertility magic
  67. Kalispel bull-roarerPend Oreille River, northeastern Washington - Play / practical
  68. Kamia (Kumeyaay) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Imperial Valley, California - Function not recorded
  69. Karok (Karuk) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Klamath River, California - Function not recorded
  70. Kato (Cahto)Cahto Valley and Long Valley, head of the South Fork of the Eel River, near Laytonville and Branscomb, Mendocino County, northern California - Restricted
  71. Kiowa bullroarer word (Harrington 1928)Kiowa Agency / Anadarko, Oklahoma - Function not recorded
  72. Kittitas bull-roarerKittitas Valley, Yakima River, central Washington - Weather / fertility magic
  73. Klamath wind bullroarerOregon / Klamath region - Play / practical
  74. Koasati Coushatta Bel Abbey bull roarerLouisiana / Allen Parish / Bayou Blue near Elton - Play / practical
  75. Kuipa-dokado wimo'to of the Humboldt SinkLower Humboldt River and Humboldt Sink, north-central Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  76. Kuyui-dokado wimo'toPyramid Lake and the lower Truckee River, western Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  77. Navajo Reservoir rockshelter bullroarerc. 1500–1690 AD - New Mexico / Navajo Reservoir district (upper San Juan Basin) - Function not recorded
  78. Laguna Pueblo oyamamuts whizzerLaguna (Kawaik) Pueblo / Cibola County / New Mexico - Weather / fertility magic
  79. Lake MiwokCoyote Valley and the south end of Clear Lake, Lake County, north-central California (around present-day Middletown) - Restricted
  80. Lida Shoshoni bullroarerLida, Esmeralda County, Nevada - Function not recorded
  81. Lovelock Cave paired pendantsc. 1000 BC–AD 300 - Humboldt Valley, Nevada (Great Basin; historic Northern Paiute context) - Function not recorded
  82. Luiseno assembly-signal bullroarerCalifornia - Restricted
  83. Maidu child-toy bullroarerNorthern California - Play / practical
  84. Makah bull-roarer (museum specimen)Cape Flattery, Washington - Restricted
  85. Mattaponi Reservation NMAI 9-7738Virginia / King William County - Function not recorded
  86. Mattocks bowl bullroarer scenec. 1000–1150 AD - Mimbres Valley / Grant County, New Mexico - Function not recorded
  87. Mesa Grande Diegueño bullroarer (image withheld)California / San Diego County / Mesa Grande Reservation - Sacred / spirit
  88. Mesa Prieta horned figureUndated - New Mexico / northern Rio Grande / Mesa Prieta - Function not recorded
  89. Moanunts Ute wind-making bullroarerSalina Canyon / upper Sevier valley, central Utah - Weather / fertility magic
  90. Blue River painted whizzerc. AD 1000–1130 - Bear Creek Cave / Blue River / upper Gila, Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  91. Mohave (Mojave) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Colorado River, Arizona/California - Function not recorded
  92. Mono assembly and curing bullroarerCalifornia / Great Basin - Sacred / spirit
  93. Mountain Cahuilla jimsonweed bullroarerCalifornia / Southwest - Restricted
  94. Mowataviwatsiu Ute wind-stopping bullroarerSaguache / San Luis Valley, Colorado - Weather / fertility magic
  95. Mowatci Ute wind-and-cloud bullroarerRio Grande headwaters near Conejos, Colorado, and northeastern New Mexico - Weather / fertility magic
  96. Muscogee Creek fohfokv bull-roarer gameOklahoma / Eufaula / eastern Oklahoma - Play / practical
  97. Muwu cache of three bullroarersc. 1500–1800 AD - California / Ventura County / Mugu Lagoon-Point Mugu - Sacred / spirit
  98. Nanticoke Indian River whirligig bullroarerDelaware / Sussex County / Indian River Hundred - Play / practical
  99. Hawaiian O-e-o-e wooden toy bullroarerHawaiian Islands - Play / practical
  100. Navajo shamanic curing bullroarerSouthwest - Sacred / spirit
  101. Bannock wupu'nonoyuwin, Fort HallFort Hall, Snake River plain, southeastern Idaho - Weather / fertility magic
  102. Northern Paiute toy-and-charm bullroarerUtah - Sacred / spirit
  103. Northern Pomo black bullroarer made by Sam Tony, 1906Northern Pomo territory, upper Russian River drainage, Mendocino County, California - Restricted
  104. Northern Ute FMNH 60974 bullroarerUintah and Ouray Reservation / Utah - Weather / fertility magic
  105. Oglala Dakota (Pine Ridge) bull-roarer toyPine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota - Play / practical
  106. Omaha gahoota bull-roarer toy (La Flesche)Nebraska (Omaha territory) - Play / practical
  107. Owens Valley Paiute boys’ bullroarerOwens Valley, Inyo and Mono counties, eastern California - Play / practical
  108. Pahvant Ute toy bullroarerLower Sevier River and Sevier Lake desert / Kanosh, Utah - Play / practical
  109. Paiute toy bullroarerGreat Basin - Play / practical
  110. Pakwi-dokado wimo'to, a children's toySouthern shores of Walker Lake, Soda Spring Valley and Hawthorne, western Nevada - Play / practical
  111. Papago assembly and curing bullroarerSouthwest - Weather / fertility magic
  112. Pass Cahuilla assembly bullroarer (Palm Springs)Palm Springs / Coachella Valley, Southern California - Sacred / spirit
  113. Pecos Pueblo Kidder bull-roarerc. 1100–1540 AD - Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico - Function not recorded
  114. Penobscot bullroarer, Old Town, Maine (Speck: NMAI specimen + APS drawing)Old Town (Indian Island), Maine - Function not recorded
  115. Pima bullroarer museum specimensFunction not recorded
  116. Point Barrow Eskimo toy bullroarerPoint Barrow, Alaska - Play / practical
  117. Pomo taboo spirit-voice and curing bullroarerCalifornia - Restricted
  118. Potter Valley Pomo Thunder Ceremony bullroarerPotter Valley / Mendocino County, California - Weather / fertility magic
  119. Quechan (Yuma) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Lower Colorado River, Arizona - Play / practical
  120. Quinault toy bullroarerWashington coast - Play / practical
  121. Rappahannock Virginia NMAI 20-5079Virginia - Function not recorded
  122. Reese River and Ione Valley Shoshoni bullroarerReese River and Ione Valley, Lander and Nye counties, Nevada - Function not recorded
  123. Rio Grande Pueblo rhombusRio Grande Pueblo region, New Mexico - Function not recorded
  124. Ruby Valley Shoshoni bullroarerRuby Valley, Elko County, northeastern Nevada - Function not recorded
  125. Saline Valley Shoshoni wooden bullroarerSaline Valley, eastern California - Play / practical
  126. San Juan Southern Paiute wind-stopping bullroarerNavajo Mountain country, northern Arizona / southern Utah - Weather / fertility magic
  127. Santa Cruz Island ochre-filled bone pendantsc. 1400 BC–AD 300 - Santa Cruz Island / Channel Islands / California - Function not recorded
  128. Sawawaktodo-tuviwarai wind-making wimo'toMiddle Humboldt River around Winnemucca, north-central Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  129. Serrano assembly-signal bullroarerCalifornia - Restricted
  130. Shivwits Southern Paiute bullroarerShivwits Plateau, Arizona Strip, northwestern Arizona - Weather / fertility magic
  131. Promontory and Cache Valley newUkivo, swung for weatherPromontory Point and the lower Bear River, north shore of Great Salt Lake, and Cache Valley, northern Utah - Weather / fertility magic
  132. Sicangu Lakota Tateka yumunpi wind buzzer bullroarerSouth Dakota / Rosebud Sioux Reservation - Play / practical
  133. Sinkyone wind-control bullroarerSouth Fork Eel River / Bull Creek / Garberville region - Weather / fertility magic
  134. Bone bullroarer, Early Woodland site 40HW44 (Hawkins County, Tennessee)c. 1000–300 BC - Tennessee / Hawkins County / site 40HW44 - Function not recorded
  135. Granite Hill funerary bullroarerUndated - California / San Diego County / Granite Hill - Sacred / spirit
  136. Siuslaw bull-roarerSiuslaw River, Lane County, Oregon - Play / practical
  137. Sixes River (Kwatami) bull-roarerSixes River / Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon - Play / practical
  138. Smith Creek Valley Shoshoni bullroarerSmith Creek Valley, west of Austin, Lander County, Nevada - Function not recorded
  139. Snake River Shoshoni wind bullroarerSnake River, southern Idaho - Weather / fertility magic
  140. Spring Valley Shoshoni wunzivuSpring Valley, White Pine County, eastern Nevada - Function not recorded
  141. "Devil-Chaser" bullroarer, St. Lawrence IslandSt. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska Territory - Sacred / spirit
  142. Surprise Valley Paiute wind bullroarerSurprise Valley, northeastern California and Warner Valley, Oregon - Weather / fertility magic
  143. Tago-toka wind-making wimo'to of the OwyheeOwyhee River, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon - Weather / fertility magic
  144. Tanaina weather-magic bullroarerAlaska / Mackenzie-Yukon edge - Weather / fertility magic
  145. Tasiget-tuviwarai wimo'to, toy and wind-makerWinnemucca and Spanish Spring valleys and the Truckee River east of Reno, western Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  146. Taviwatsiu Ute rawhide bullroarerFront Range near Denver, Colorado (band removed to the Uintah Reservation, 1880) - Sacred / spirit
  147. Teton Dakota bull-roarer toy (Dorsey)South Dakota (Teton Lakota territory) - Play / practical
  148. Tewa San Ildefonso kiva bullroarerPueblo / Southwest - Restricted
  149. Timpanogots Ute horn-bladed bullroarerUtah Lake shores and Wasatch canyons, Utah - Sacred / spirit
  150. Tlingit hunkaya'na toy bullroarerSoutheast Alaska - Play / practical
  151. Toe-dokado wimo'to of the Carson SinkCarson Sink, Carson Lake and the lower Carson River, western Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  152. Tolowa bull-roarerSmith River, Del Norte County, California - Play / practical
  153. Tonto Apache shamanic curing bullroarerSouthwest - Sacred / spirit
  154. TübatulabalUpper Kern River and South Fork Kern River drainages, Kern River Valley, southern Sierra Nevada, Kern County, California - Play / practical
  155. Turtle Mountain Chippewa Belcourt NMAI 25-9278North Dakota / Turtle Mountain Reservation - Function not recorded
  156. Tusayan Walpi snake-dance rhombusWalpi, Tusayan / Hopi mesas, Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  157. Tututni bull-roarerLower Rogue River, Curry County, Oregon - Play / practical
  158. Twana cedar-blade bullroarerHood Canal / Skokomish River, Puget Sound region, Washington - Play / practical
  159. Umatilla bone bullroarerColumbia Plateau, Oregon - Weather / fertility magic
  160. Upper Sacramento Wintu bullroarerUpper Sacramento River canyon, Shasta County, northern California - Play / practical
  161. Nabesna John's pole-mounted roarerAlaska / Upper Tanana River / Nabesna - Sacred / spirit
  162. Valley Maidu bullroarerSacramento Valley, vicinity of Chico, Butte County, California - Function not recorded
  163. Verde Valley cliff-dweller rhombusBefore c. 1500 AD - Verde Valley, central Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  164. Wadatika wind-making bullroarerHarney Valley and Malheur Lake, southeastern Oregon - Weather / fertility magic
  165. Washoe Thunder-stickLake Tahoe - western Nevada - Sacred / spirit
  166. Wenatchi bull-roarerWenatchee River / middle Columbia, central Washington - Weather / fertility magic
  167. Wimonuntci Ute women's-taboo bullroarerGreat Basin / Colorado Plateau - Restricted
  168. Wukchamni Yokuts curing and sorcery bullroarerSouthern Sierra Nevada foothills / Lemon Cove / Tulare County, California - Sacred / spirit
  169. Yosemite Valley pine bullroarersCalifornia / central Sierra Nevada / Yosemite Valley - Function not recorded
  170. Levlugtaq, Yup'ik bull roarer from Toksook BayAlaska / Nelson Island, central Bering Sea coast (Yukon-Kuskokwim region) - Function not recorded
  171. Yupik Norton Sound Saint Michael NMAI 2-9442Alaska / Norton Sound - Play / practical
  172. Zia Pueblo haomomo bullroarerZia Pueblo / Sandoval County / New Mexico - Sacred / spirit
  173. Zuni ritual-warning bullroarerPueblo / Southwest - Sacred / spirit
  174. Zuni Dick's two-piece bullroarerPueblo / Southwest - Sacred / spirit

Canada 51

  1. Baffinland Inuit Kinngait NMAI 15-5279Nunavut / Qikiqtaaluk Region - Play / practical
  2. Bella Bella bullroarerMilbanke Sound, central British Columbia coast - Play / practical
  3. Bella Coola bullroarerBella Coola valley, central British Columbia coast - Play / practical
  4. Carrier (Dakelh) bull-roarer (museum specimen)British Columbia - Function not recorded
  5. Central Arctic baleen bullroarerCentral Arctic - Function not recorded
  6. Central Inuit Chesterfield Inlet caribou-bone bullroarer CMH IV-C-1402Chesterfield Inlet / Kivalliq, Nunavut - Function not recorded
  7. China Hat (Xaihais) bullroarerKlemtu / Swanson Bay, central British Columbia coast - Play / practical
  8. Chipewyan detjEndEl ne children's bull-roarerChurchill River / Reindeer Lake region - Play / practical
  9. Classic Lillooet (St'át'imc) — Keatley Creek (EeRl 7)c. 350 BC–AD 850 - Middle Fraser Canyon (Interior Plateau), British Columbia; St'át'imc (Lillooet) territory between Xaxlip/Fountain and Ts'kwaylacw/Pavilion, ~20-25 km upstream of Lillooet - Function not recorded
  10. Clayoquot bullroarerClayoquot Sound, west coast of Vancouver Island - Sacred / spirit
  11. Copper Inuit imilguptak (Jenness / CMH IV-D-462)Coronation Gulf / Northwest Territories - Play / practical
  12. Naskapi bullroarer, Davis Inlet (Field Museum 176799)Labrador / Davis Inlet - Play / practical
  13. Departure Bay whalebone bullroarer (DhRx-16:1166)Undated - Departure Bay, Nanaimo, east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia - Function not recorded
  14. Spider Man's whirled lure (Dunne-za)Peace and Prophet River drainages, northeastern British Columbia - Sacred / spirit
  15. Mackenzie River mouth BM Am1929-0412-54Northwest Territories / Mackenzie River mouth - Play / practical
  16. Gitksan bullroarerKispiox, upper Skeena River, British Columbia - Play / practical
  17. Haida bull-roarer, Haida Gwaii (Dawson collection, 1878)Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia - Function not recorded
  18. Hartley Bay bullroarerHartley Bay, Douglas Channel mouth, British Columbia - Play / practical
  19. Hesquiaht (Nuu-chah-nulth) bull-roarer (museum)Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island - Restricted
  20. West Hudson Bay svingstikke (KHM Oslo)West coast of Hudson Bay - Play / practical
  21. Hupachisat bullroarerHead of Alberni Inlet, Vancouver Island - Sacred / spirit
  22. Ihalmiut Nueltin Lake ROM model bull-roarer 2018-21-4Nunavut / Kivalliq Region - Play / practical
  23. James Bay Cree north-wind bullroarerRupert House (Waskaganish) and lower Harricanaw River, eastern James Bay; also Waswanipi, Obidjuan (Atikamekw), Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake (Ojibwa) - Weather / fertility magic
  24. Koskimo bullroarerQuatsino Sound, northern Vancouver Island - Sacred / spirit
  25. Kutenai bull-roarerUpper Kootenay River, southeastern British Columbia - Weather / fertility magic
  26. Kwakiutl winter-ceremony bullroarerVancouver Island / British Columbia coast - Restricted
  27. Kweeha bullroarerFort Rupert, northeastern Vancouver Island - Play / practical
  28. Lillooet bull-roarerFraser River at Lillooet, southern British Columbia - Play / practical
  29. Lower Thompson bull-roarerFraser Canyon below Lytton, southern British Columbia - Play / practical
  30. Malerualik miniature antler bullroarerc. AD 1000–1400 - King William Island (Qikiqtaq) / Kitikmeot, Nunavut - Play / practical
  31. Massett Haida bullroarerMassett, Graham Island, Haida Gwaii - Play / practical
  32. Mi'kmaq bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Maritime Canada - Function not recorded
  33. Moose Cree bull-roarer (museum)Moose Factory, James Bay, - Weather / fertility magic
  34. Mushuau Innu (Naskapi) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Labrador - Weather / fertility magic
  35. Netsilik brummer (bull-roarer), Amundsen Gjøa expedition (UEM16245)King William Island (Qikiqtaq) / Netsilingmiut territory, Kitikmeot, Nunavut - Play / practical
  36. Pelly Bay Netsilingmiut bullroarer (CMH IV-C-3299)Kitikmeot / Pelly Bay (Kugaaruk) - Play / practical
  37. Northern Labrador Inuit bullroarers WhitridgeBefore c. 1500 AD - Northern Labrador - Play / practical
  38. Northern Ojibwa bullroarer, Weagamow LakeOntario / Weagamow Lake - Function not recorded
  39. Northern Saulteaux hunting-wind bullroarerNorthern Saulteaux country, northwestern Ontario - Weather / fertility magic
  40. Sanikiluaq Belcher Islands ROM bullroarer sculptureNunavut / Belcher Islands - Play / practical
  41. Sallirmiut Southampton Island annoresiut NMAI 6-4624Nunavut / Kivalliq Region - Play / practical
  42. Shuswap bull-roarerFraser River / Soda Creek, central British Columbia - Play / practical
  43. Shuswap twins' clear-weather implementKamloops, Thompson River, interior British Columbia - Weather / fertility magic
  44. Skedans Haida bullroarerSkedans, Louise Island, Haida Gwaii - Sacred / spirit
  45. Slavey (Dene)Fort Nelson, British Columbia - Play / practical
  46. Swampy Cree bull-roarer (museum)Cross Lake, Northern Manitoba - Weather / fertility magic
  47. TsimshianLower Skeena and Nass rivers, northern BC coast - Sacred / spirit
  48. Gilutsa Tsimshian bullroarerLower Skeena and Port Simpson, northern British Columbia coast - Play / practical
  49. Tsishaat bullroarerBarkley Sound and lower Alberni Canal, Vancouver Island - Sacred / spirit
  50. Wikeno bullroarerRivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake, central British Columbia coast - Play / practical
  51. Xaisla bullroarerKitimat, head of Douglas Channel, British Columbia - Play / practical

Democratic Republic of the Congo 41

  1. Adoi (Grove/van Geluwe)NE Congo (Bira borderlands) - Function not recorded
  2. Aimeri (kunzukunzu)NE Congo - Function not recorded
  3. Amanga (kundrukundru)NE Congo - Function not recorded
  4. Andebogo (kundrukundru)NE Congo - Function not recorded
  5. Andowi (atuamba chain)NE Congo (atuamba belt) - Function not recorded
  6. Babali (Bali)NE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  7. Babira (Bira)NE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  8. Bagbwa (egburuburu)NE Congo (Bira borderlands) - Function not recorded
  9. Bakango / Bafwaguda maduali bullroarerAsunguda-Apare river district / Ituri Forest near Avakubi - Restricted
  10. Bakumu (Komo) tuambiNE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  11. Balendu (Lendu) of Geti — fomvokai, and the god fomvoGeti, Irumu Territory, Ituri / Belgian Congo - Sacred / spirit
  12. Balendu (Lendu) of Kilo — go, and the pot-drum glöi its "mother"Kilo, Kilo-Moto goldfields district, Ituri / Belgian Congo - Sacred / spirit
  13. Balese (Kalimoholo) pahudjuhudju bullroarerKilo-Geti goldfields district / Ituri Forest, Belgian Congo - Restricted
  14. Bangba / Ngbaka (egburuburu)NE Congo (Kereboro, Haut-Uele) - Play / practical
  15. Bangelima (Ngelima)NE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  16. Banyari (Nyali) of Geti — nékundurúkuGeti, Irumu Territory, Ituri / Belgian Congo - Sacred / spirit
  17. Northern Banyari (Nyali) of Kilo — oŭpaKilo, Kilo-Moto goldfields district, Ituri / Belgian Congo - Sacred / spirit
  18. Bapere (atuamba)Pere country, North Kivu (Manguredjipa area) - Restricted
  19. Bapopoi (Popoi)NE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  20. BarundiNE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  21. Bembe Tembwe leopard-voice bullroarerSouth Kivu (Fizi), mountains above Lake Tanganyika - Restricted
  22. Boloki toy-magical bullroarerUpper Congo - Play / practical
  23. Bushongo initiation bullroarersKuba / Kasai region - Restricted
  24. Kuba bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Kasai (Kuba) - Restricted
  25. Leele Nar'a kwei Kasai bullroarer recordingKasai / Leele country - Function not recorded
  26. Lokele banduluNE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  27. Luba Tambo palm-leaf bullroarerLuba country / Tambo register note - Function not recorded
  28. Mamvu (egburuburu / arumvurumvu)NE Congo (Bira borderlands) - Function not recorded
  29. Mayogo (mbirimbiri)NE Congo - Function not recorded
  30. Mbo mongomongo and maduali initiation bullroarerIturi forest, Province Orientale (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  31. Mbole (inano)NE Congo - Function not recorded
  32. Mbuti (BaMbuti), Ituri ForestIturi Forest, northeastern Congo (Ituri Province), DRC - Restricted
  33. Ndaka ngwe and maduali initiation bullroarerIturi forest, Province Orientale (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  34. Ngbaka minagende (Gemena) vukumaGemena, Sud-Ubangi (then Équateur Region) - Restricted
  35. Nyanga nyabungubungu circumcision bullroarerNyangaland, North Kivu (Walikale) - Restricted
  36. Sango / Ngbandi bimbiNW DR Congo (northern Zaire per Grove) - Play / practical
  37. Wagenia (Genya)NE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  38. WanyanzaNE Congo (Babali initiation belt) - Restricted
  39. Warega (Lega) tuamba circumcision bullroarerManiema / eastern forest, Province Orientale - Restricted
  40. Yalemba-Ligasa Upper Congo bullroarersTshopo Province / Yalemba-Ligasa area - Function not recorded
  41. Zande (gilingwa)NE Congo - Function not recorded

Brazil 38

  1. Apalakiri (Kalapalo) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
  2. Apinaye me-galo soul-ghost toyEastern Brazil - Play / practical
  3. Bakairi and Nahuqua upper-Xingu bullroarersCentral Brazil - Play / practical
  4. Baniwa bullroarers, Lower Rio Içana (NMAI 16/4242 and 16/4489)Lower Rio Içana, Santana, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas - Function not recorded
  5. Bororo - Sao Lourenco and Eastern BrazilEastern Brazil - Restricted
  6. Bororo rhombe from Kejara, collected by Lévi-StraussMato Grosso / Rio Vermelho / Aldeia Kejara - Restricted
  7. Canela (Ramkokamekra) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Maranhão (Sardinha) - Restricted
  8. Caripuna upper-Madeira funeral bullroarerUpper Madeira - Sacred / spirit
  9. Eastern Timbira - Canella and ChakamekraEastern Brazil - Restricted
  10. Rio das Mortes São João del-Rei MG berra-boiRio das Mortes district, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
  11. Itajui Folia das Almas berra-boiItajui / Vale da Gurita, Delfinopolis, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
  12. Ipurina fish-shaped bullroarerAmazon / Purus - Function not recorded
  13. Kamaiurá bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
  14. Karaja mask-dance bullroarerCentral Brazil - Restricted
  15. Kayapo bull-roarer (museum)Xingu basin, Para/Mato Gro - Function not recorded
  16. Kuikuro bull-roarer (museum)Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Play / practical
  17. Kulisehu River toy bullroarer and sacred fluteUpper Xingu / Kulisehu River - Play / practical
  18. Lagoa das Oncas ceramic zumbidor (MPEG 2011)c. 1000–1600 AD - Upper Xingu / Mato Grosso - Function not recorded
  19. Mashacali initiation bullroarersEastern Brazil - Restricted
  20. Mehinaku upper-Xingu clubhouse bullroarerCentral Brazil - Restricted
  21. Nahukúá "Kleiner Blitz" bullroarer, coll. Karl von den Steinen (EM Berlin)Upper Xingu (Steinen expeditions of 1884 and 1887-88) - Play / practical
  22. Nahuquä matavu fish-form bullroarerKulisehu (Curisevo) river, Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Play / practical
  23. Nordeste Brazil folk rói-rói (zunidor)Nordeste (sertao); sold at feiras across the region - Play / practical
  24. Porangaba São Paulo vumvum berra-boiPorangaba / São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
  25. São Manuel berra-boiSão Manuel, São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
  26. Morrinhos / rural Palmito berra-boiMorrinhos / rural Palmito, Goiás - Sacred / spirit
  27. Sherente - Hieparo-wawe bullroarerEastern Brazil - Restricted
  28. Shipaya-Kuruaya wari wari samiCentral Brazil / lower Xingu - Restricted
  29. Itapecerica MG Week of Sorrows berra-boiItapecerica, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
  30. Tembé (Tenetehara) bullroarer, Pará, 1957Pará/Maranhão (Tenetehara) - Function not recorded
  31. Santo Antônio da Alegria São Paulo berra-boiSanto Antônio da Alegria / São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
  32. Ticuna bull-roarer (mare), girls’ puberty mask-dance, Nimuendajú 1929 (SMVK 1930.40.0129)Upper Solimões, Amazonas (between Tabatinga and São Paulo de Olivença) - Restricted
  33. Tiriyó museum bullroarer Paru de Oeste-MarapiParu de Oeste-Marapi basin, Tumucumaque Indigenous Park, Pará - Function not recorded
  34. Trumai kuth / huri huri bullroarer, Upper XinguUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
  35. Wajãpi ancestral rhombe, Oyapock-Amapá rangeOyapock / Amapá and French Guiana - Sacred / spirit
  36. Matapu, the fish spirit of the pequi festivalUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
  37. Xavante bull-roarer (museum)Mato Grosso - Function not recorded
  38. Xipaya warī warī sámį, Curuá RiverUpper Curuá River / Iriri–Xingu, Pará - Restricted

United Kingdom 28

  1. Balham boy-made bullroarerBalham, Surrey (now London) - Play / practical
  2. North-east Ireland boomer bullroarerNorth-east Ireland - Play / practical
  3. East Derbyshire bummer bullroarerEast Derbyshire / England - Play / practical
  4. English country-boys bullroarer toyEngland - Play / practical
  5. English folk bullroarer, Suffolk (Lovett collection, NMAH)Suffolk, England - Play / practical
  6. Ashdown Forest English Hummer bullroarerEast Sussex / Ashdown Forest - Play / practical
  7. Bedford whizzing-stick bullroarerBedfordshire / Bedford - Play / practical
  8. Bristol carved bullroarerBristol - Play / practical
  9. Chichester Whizzing blade bullroarer pairWest Sussex / Chichester - Play / practical
  10. Clanfield serrated bullroarerOxfordshire / Clanfield - Play / practical
  11. Duxford Cambridgeshire serrated bullroarerCambridgeshire / Duxford - Play / practical
  12. Hemsby Norfolk Buzzer bullroarerNorfolk / Hemsby - Play / practical
  13. Ickleton Cambridgeshire Buzzer bullroarerCambridgeshire / Ickleton - Play / practical
  14. Needingworth Roaring bull bullroarerCambridgeshire / Needingworth - Play / practical
  15. St Paul's Parish Norwich Buzzer bullroarersNorfolk / Norwich / St Paul's Parish - Play / practical
  16. Nottingham notched bullroarerNottinghamshire / Nottingham - Play / practical
  17. Otterbourne copper bullroarerHampshire / Otterbourne near Winchester - Function not recorded
  18. Oxfordshire blade-and-stick pairOxfordshire, England - Play / practical
  19. St Ives bullroarer and Buzzer pairCambridgeshire / St Ives - Play / practical
  20. Tewkesbury whizzing stick bullroarerGloucestershire / Tewkesbury - Play / practical
  21. Woodbastwick Norfolk bullroarerNorfolk / Woodbastwick - Play / practical
  22. Cambridgeshire cattle-driving bullroarerCambridgeshire / Gamlingay or Over - Play / practical
  23. Glenviggan thunder-spadec. 200 BC–AD 65 - Glenviggan townland, Six Towns, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland - Function not recorded
  24. Montgomeryshire Wales remembered roarerMontgomeryshire / Wales - Play / practical
  25. Pin Hole Cave Gravettian bullroarer pendantc. 32,000–20,000 BC - Creswell Crags / Derbyshire - Function not recorded
  26. Scotland thunder-spell bullroarerScotland - Weather / fertility magic
  27. Scottish bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Scotland - Weather / fertility magic
  28. Torksey bone roarerc. AD 800–1000 - Torksey Viking Camp / Lincolnshire - Function not recorded

India 27

  1. Khizabarui Khizami bullroarerNaga Hills / Khizami area - Play / practical
  2. Angami Khonoma boys toy and bird-scarer bullroarerNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  3. Ao Naga ungungtsü boys-only illness-taboo bullroarerAo country, Mokokchung district, Nagaland (Naga Hills, Assam at time of source) - Play / practical
  4. Chakhesang Naga bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Nagaland (Phek), NE India - Play / practical
  5. Hill Maria ait, AbujhmarhAbujhmarh, Bastar State / Central Provinces - Play / practical
  6. Ho Singhbhum children's bull-roarerBihar and Orissa / Chota Nagpur - Play / practical
  7. Karbi bull-roarer (museum specimen)Karbi Anglong, Assam - Play / practical
  8. Khasi Hills bamboo bullroarerKhasi Hills - Sacred / spirit
  9. Calcutta toy bullroarerCalcutta / Kolkata - Play / practical
  10. Konyak Shiong boys toy bullroarerNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  11. Konyak Tamlu kampi rain bullroarerNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Weather / fertility magic
  12. Konyak Naga bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Nagaland (Mon), NE India - Weather / fertility magic
  13. Konyak Naga rain-making bullroarer, WakchingNagaland / Mon District / Wakching - Weather / fertility magic
  14. Lhota Okotso threm-threm crop-season boys toyNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  15. Malabar bamboo child's toy bullroarerMalabar / Kerala - Play / practical
  16. Maria Gond bull-roarer (museum)Bastar, Chhattisgarh - Play / practical
  17. Munda Ranchi children's bull-roarerBihar and Orissa / Chota Nagpur - Play / practical
  18. Muria Gond bull-roarer from Markabera, BastarBastar / Central Provinces - Play / practical
  19. Oraon Ranchi dormitory bullroarer emblemChota Nagpur / Ranchi - Restricted
  20. Rengma Meluri aowu-prurr boys toy bullroarerNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  21. Sangtam Naga toy bull-roarer on stickNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  22. Santal Monghyr-Singhbhum children's bull-roarerBihar and Orissa / Chota Nagpur - Sacred / spirit
  23. Sema Sumi bird-scarer and doorway-derivative bullroarersNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  24. Southern Sangtam Phorr athapuka tiger-attracting toyNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  25. Taru Thang held-implement figurePossibly c. 8500–3000 BC - Upper Ladakh [Zhungkor], Ladakh Union Territory - Function not recorded
  26. Thadou (Kuki) bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Nagaland/Manipur hills, NE India - Sacred / spirit
  27. Tipra (Tripuri) Ker-puja bhemra bullroarerFormer Tripura State / Tripura ritual sphere - Sacred / spirit

Indonesia 25

  1. Armati bark spirit-warning bullroarerNoord-Nieuw-Guinea (Dutch New Guinea), Sarmi hinterland - Restricted
  2. Asmat bull-roarer (museum)Northwest Asmat, South Papua - Restricted
  3. Dugum Dani aneivu-aneivu toy bullroarerGrand Valley of the Balim River, West New Guinea / West Irian - Play / practical
  4. Dyak Hantu-Hantuan Southwest Kalimantan bullroarerSouthwest Kalimantan / Borneo - Function not recorded
  5. Ende, Flores (jata)Central Ende region, Flores - Function not recorded
  6. Java kitiran child toy bullroarer analogueJava - Play / practical
  7. Kamoro bull-roarer (museum)Mimika regency, South Papua - Restricted
  8. Kanum bull-roarer (museum)South Papua (Merauke area) - Function not recorded
  9. Karo Batak dengeng-dengeng children's toyBukit, Karo highlands, North Sumatra - Play / practical
  10. Miau Baru Kayan buluq laluq wind bullroarerMiau Baru, Kongbeng, East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan - Function not recorded
  11. Kimam (Kolepom / Frederik-Hendrik Island)Frederik-Hendrik Island (Pulau Yos Sudarso / Kolepom), south coast - Restricted
  12. Mandobo tenotkok bullroarer (Wakeriop)Wakeriop (modern Kampung Maju, Arimop District), between the Digul and Kao rivers, Boven Digoel, South Papua / historic Netherlands New Guinea - Restricted
  13. Marind-anim Dema-voice bullroarersDutch South New Guinea / South Papua - Restricted
  14. Mentawai bull-roarer (museum)Pagai Islands, Mentawai Islands - Function not recorded
  15. Mombum / Komolom Island bullroarerKomolom Island (south of Yos Sudarso / Kolepom) - Function not recorded
  16. Muyu mulin bullroarer, Upper Kao-DigulMuyu / Upper Kao-Digul / historic Netherlands New Guinea - Restricted
  17. Nias bull-roarer (museum)Lafau, Nias Island - Play / practical
  18. Orang Darat bull-roarer (kitiran), Manggar, Belitung (SMVK 1935.16.0040)Manggar, Belitung (Billiton), Bangka–Belitung - Function not recorded
  19. Rote (Roti)Southwest Rote island (off SW Timor), Nusa Tenggara Timur - Play / practical
  20. Sawia bamboo bullroarer, Arso-Keerom borderland (Museum Nasional 15928)Sawia / Arso-Tami River / Keerom borderland - Function not recorded
  21. Sundanese (kekinciran)Sundanese districts, West Java - Function not recorded
  22. Ternate bubuwasTernate, North Moluccas - Function not recorded
  23. Toba-Batak Sumatra toy bullroarerPlay / practical
  24. Tojo lelempali leaf bullroarerTojo coast, Central Sulawesi - Function not recorded
  25. Yei-nan (Yei / Yey)Upper Maro River, Merauke regency, near the PNG border - Restricted

Nigeria 24

  1. Bini Oloawon Ovia / Ovato bullroarerBenin Kingdom / later Edo State - Restricted
  2. Dakarkari bull-roarer, the Voice of MagirroKebbi, north-western Nigeria (Sokoto Province under British administration) - Restricted
  3. Egba (Yoruba) bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Abeokuta (Egba) - Restricted
  4. Ekkpe eastern Nigeria ceremony bull-roarerEastern Nigeria / Cross River-Calabar-Ibibio-Ekoi region - Restricted
  5. Esan Alimin-Otor land-spirit bullroarerEsanland / Edo State - Restricted
  6. Gwana Jukun Dodo bullroarer voice and rain cultCentral Nigeria / Gwana Jukun area - Restricted
  7. Gwari (Gbagyi) oath riteGbagyi homeland (Niger State / FCT Abuja) - Sacred / spirit
  8. Hausa bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Katsina, northern Nigeria - Play / practical
  9. Hausa boys' bull-roarer, DauraDaura, Katsina Emirate, Northern Nigeria - Play / practical
  10. Idoma ohumhum, fish-shaped plaque of the alekwu deadIdoma country, Otukpo, Benue State - Restricted
  11. Idoma ofukufuku, the schoolroom bullroarerIdoma country, Otukpo, Benue State - Play / practical
  12. Igbo southern Nigeria bullroarer and spirits of dead maskSouthern Nigeria / Igbo country - Restricted
  13. Kambari Northern Nigeria child toy bullroarerNorthern Provinces of Nigeria - Play / practical
  14. Kurama makili, the bull-roarer at the ancestral gravesZaria Province, Northern Nigeria (now Lere LGA, Kaduna State) - Sacred / spirit
  15. N'Yoro Oekum'Lagos, Nigeria - Sacred / spirit
  16. Lower Ijaw Noin-nama bull-roarerCentral Niger Delta / Ijo (Ijaw) country - Restricted
  17. Morwa bull-roarer, the crying in the sacred groveZaria Province, Northern Nigeria (now Kaura LGA, Kaduna State) - Sacred / spirit
  18. NunguNassarawa Province, Northern Nigeria - Play / practical
  19. Dakka Sama Mum Langa ancestral-voice bullroarerSugu / Tsugu / Ganye LGA / Adamawa State - Restricted
  20. Tiv bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Benue valley - Weather / fertility magic
  21. Verre Momi Do'os harvest bullroarersAdamawa / Cholli Verre region - Restricted
  22. Oyo palm-midrib bullroarer pairOyo, Nigeria - Function not recorded
  23. Yoruba Oro voice bullroarerRestricted
  24. Bullroarer as a night watchman's anti-thief alarm, Nupe countryKatsa, a Kede/Nupe creek-side trading village near Egga on the Niger, Bida Emirate, Niger Province, Northern Nigeria (now Niger State) - Sacred / spirit

Italy 23

  1. Ales frúsciu reconstruction (Sardinia)Ales (Zeppara), Oristano, Sardinia - Play / practical
  2. Amaseno moscono, Monti LepiniLazio / Monti Lepini - Play / practical
  3. Badia Polesine: the roarer called 'la mort'Badia Polesine region, Rovigo (Veneto), c. 1880 - Function not recorded
  4. Giugliano fru-fru bullroarerCampania - Play / practical
  5. Marzi whip-handled bullroarerCalabria / Cosenza - Play / practical
  6. Petriolo svendolaMarche / Macerata - Play / practical
  7. Friulian plain el tuto bullroarerFriuli / Aquileia, Ronchi, Cervignano - Play / practical
  8. Trieste la striga bullroarerTrieste / Rozzol-Settefontane - Play / practical
  9. Venice el motor bullroarerVenice / Cannaregio - Play / practical
  10. Castelluccio bossed bone plaquec. 2150–1650 BC - Val di Noto / province of Syracuse, Sicily - Function not recorded
  11. Ceneselli rombo-tavoletta with a pig bone on the cordCeneselli, Alto Polesine, Rovigo (Veneto) - Function not recorded
  12. Baravitalla three-boss bone plaquec. 2150–1650 BC - Cava d'Ispica / province of Ragusa, Sicily - Sacred / spirit
  13. Vallebona (Macerata) vendolaMarche / Macerata - Play / practical
  14. Gavoi burriburri (frusciu)Sardinia / Barbagia - Play / practical
  15. Mistretta Sicily lapuni Holy Week bullroarerSicily / Messina Province - Sacred / spirit
  16. Upper Illasi valley surla a manVeneto / Lessinia - Play / practical
  17. Piedmont folk romboPiedmont (Riva presso Chieri; Cambiano) - Play / practical
  18. Poffabro rombo (spatola)Friuli / Val Colvera - Play / practical
  19. Riparo Gaban bone fish plaquec. 4080–4040 BC - Trentino / Adige valley - Function not recorded
  20. Rome bone strip, Hildburgh collection (PRM 1985.50.587)Rome (collecting locality; no findspot, no period assigned) - Function not recorded
  21. Sant'Andrea Ionio Holy Week bullroarerCalabria / Catanzaro Ionian coast - Sacred / spirit
  22. Sora / Ciociaria je mesconeLazio / Ciociaria - Play / practical
  23. Modena frullo, the swineherds' whirled boneModena countryside, Emilia - Play / practical

Russia 22

  1. Amur master's bullroarer, Khabarovsk (У Nikolai Nikolaevich, 2005)Amur basin / Khabarovsk krai - Play / practical
  2. Chertovy Vorota (Devil's Gate Cave) nephrite bi-shaped blades — Primoryec. 5750–4750 BC - Primorsky Krai, Dalnegorsk district, Russia; Chertovy Vorota (Devil's Gate) cave, Rudnaya culture (c. 5050–4550 BC) - Function not recorded
  3. Chukchi vyutkunen storm howlerChukotka / northeastern Siberia - Weather / fertility magic
  4. Enets posi / vyrvyr wind-calling whirlerTaimyr / lower Yenisei (forest and tundra Enets) - Weather / fertility magic
  5. Even owl-speaking bullroarer North AsiaEast Siberia / northern Yakutia - Sacred / spirit
  6. Amur Evenki wind-summoning rotated aerophoneAmur basin (Priamurye), Russian Far East - Weather / fertility magic
  7. Itelmen Kovran Tigil plate-on-string aerophoneWestern Kamchatka / Kovran and Tigil - Function not recorded
  8. Khanty vot vokhty asking-for-wind whirler (Kazym)Kazym river, Beloyarsky district, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug; dialect terms also from the Salym, Vakh-Vasyugan and Surgut Khanty - Weather / fertility magic
  9. Kildin Sámi navv’t beast-howlerMurmansk Oblast / Kola Peninsula - Function not recorded
  10. Kondon nephrite blesny / Lower Amur slat-lurec. 3350–3050 BC - Kondon / Kondon-Pochta, Lower Amur, Khabarovsk Krai - Function not recorded
  11. Mal'ta engraved ivory plaque (churinga analogy)c. 22,000–17,000 BC - Irkutsk Oblast, River Belaya; Mal'ta–Buret' culture (Gravettian-age) - Function not recorded
  12. Mansi Shchekurya wind-calling flying boardKhanty-Mansi / Yugra / Berezovsky District - Weather / fertility magic
  13. Novgorod whirring laths, Troitsky and Nikitinsky excavations (13th-14th c.)13th–14th centuries AD - Novgorod the Great (Sophia and Trade sides) - Function not recorded
  14. Nenets northwest Siberia ritual bullroarerNorthwest Siberia - Function not recorded
  15. Nganasan biakhery wind howlerTaimyr Peninsula / Avam tundra - Weather / fertility magic
  16. Novopokrovka / Novopokrovskoe nephrite blesny leadc. 5000–3000 BC - Middle Amur / Amur Oblast; Novopokrovka or Novopokrovskoe route - Function not recorded
  17. Sakha isiirer swung hummerCentral Yakutia - Play / practical
  18. Sakha kuurt / kyugyunei whirrer, Gurvich collection (Zhilinda)Olenek ulus, northwestern Yakutia - Play / practical
  19. Siberian Eskimo eïnètkoutchin bullroarer audio leadChukotka / northeastern Siberia - Play / practical
  20. Teleut herders' swung gudelki (Sheikin school)Bekovo area, Kemerovo Oblast (Teleut homeland, south Siberia) - Play / practical
  21. Tuvan khirilee performance bullroarerTuva - Play / practical
  22. Mongol/Tuvin jada rain-stone bullroarerTuva / Soyot and Mongol-Inner Asian jada-zada complex - Weather / fertility magic

France 21

  1. Fontalès engraved bone bladec. 12,000–9000 BC - Tarn-et-Garonne / Aveyron valley; Magdalenian V - Function not recorded
  2. Abri de Laugerie Basse Magdalenian bullroarerc. 15,000–9000 BC - Dordogne / Les Eyzies - Function not recorded
  3. Badegoule Palaeolithic bullroarerc. 23,000–17,000 BC - Dordogne - Function not recorded
  4. Bearn hurrumbo pastoral bullroarerBearn / Pyrenees - Play / practical
  5. Bourrouilla (Arancou) cavec. 15,000–9000 BC - Magdalenian middle to final, Pyrenees-Atlantiques - Sacred / spirit
  6. Château-Chervix Rofla bullroarer photographLimousin / Haute-Vienne / Château-Chervix - Function not recorded
  7. Medieval European Holy-Spirit bullroarer emblemLanguedoc (medieval Albigensian Europe) - Sacred / spirit
  8. Grotte des Eyzies wolverine blade (BM Palart.102)c. 12,000–9000 BC - Dordogne / Les Eyzies; Magdalenian final attribution - Function not recorded
  9. Brassempouy serpentiform ivory bladec. 29,500–26,500 BC - Landes / Grotte du Pape; Middle Gravettian reassessment - Function not recorded
  10. Le Placard antler ovaloidc. 24,000–9000 BC - Charente / Vilhonneur - Function not recorded
  11. Isturitz cave Magdalenian bramaderasc. 15,000–12,000 BC - Pyrenees-Atlantiques / Isturitz level II; Middle Magdalenian - Function not recorded
  12. La Roche de Birol Magdalenian bullroarerc. 13,000–11,000 BC - Dordogne - Function not recorded
  13. La Vache cavec. 13,000 BC - Magdalenian final, Ariege - Sacred / spirit
  14. Le Morin cavec. 12,000–9000 BC - Magdalenian final, Gironde - Sacred / spirit
  15. Commensacq Guidanson burrumbe rhombeLandes / Gascogne - Weather / fertility magic
  16. Lespugue Solutrean bullroarerc. 22,000–17,000 BC - Haute-Garonne / Pyrenees - Function not recorded
  17. Lortet cavec. 13,000–9000 BC - Magdalenian IV-VI (Hautes-Pyrenees) - Sacred / spirit
  18. Raymonden bramadera fragmentc. 13,000–9000 BC - Dordogne / Chancelade; Magdalenian superior - Function not recorded
  19. Saint Marcel Magdalenian bullroarer pendantc. 17,000–14,500 BC - Saint-Marcel, Indre - Function not recorded
  20. Saint-Hippolyte childhood rhombeSaint-Hippolyte, Charente-Maritime - Play / practical
  21. Villefranche-de-Lauragais fish-tailed rhombeHaute-Garonne / Lauragais - Play / practical

Cameroon 20

  1. Bafia (elume cult)Bafia country, middle Mbam, Cameroon - Restricted
  2. Bakundu Eboku bull-roarerSouthwest Cameroon / Meme Division (Bakundu) - Restricted
  3. Bali Nyonga (harvest warding)Bali (Bali Nyonga), Cameroon Grassfields - Restricted
  4. Basa southern Cameroon mbam um bullroarerSouthern Cameroon / Basaa Centre-Littoral region - Sacred / spirit
  5. Bulu Zauberholz bullroarer, SangmelimaLobo River / Sangmelima / South Region, former German Kamerun - Play / practical
  6. Dii (Duru) panther-rhombe — Adamaoua circumcision (Bergen E 7772)French Cameroon / Adamaoua highlands - Restricted
  7. Eyap/Eghap Bagam death-ceremony bull-roarerBagam / West-Central Cameroon - Restricted
  8. Fali bull-roarer (museum)Sacred / spirit
  9. Fali Bao Tinguelin Tadogbel funeral and initiation bullroarerBao / Tinguelin / Benoue / northern Cameroon - Restricted
  10. Garoua circumcision bullroarerGaroua / Bénoué Department / Northern Cameroon - Restricted
  11. Koma bull-roarer (museum)Alantika Mountains / North Cameroon - Restricted
  12. Kundu bull-roarer (museum)Cameroon - Function not recorded
  13. Bokko Voko Longto Uonatonajo ancestor-voice bullroarerVoko / Gormaaya / Poli / Faro Department / North Region - Restricted
  14. Mafa millet-stalk Schwirrholz SoulédéSoulédé, Mayo-Tsanaga, Mandara Mountains - Function not recorded
  15. Mangamba bark-cord bullroarer, Abo countryAbo country north of the Mungo River / German Kamerun - Function not recorded
  16. Mangisa bull-roarer (museum)Sa'a, Lekie, Centre Region - Restricted
  17. Mboum Ngan-Ha circumcision rhombeAdamaoua / Ngan-Ha - Restricted
  18. MofuMandara Mountains / Gudur, Far North Cameroon - Function not recorded
  19. Ngiemboon mandelevum nkye bullroarer, BamougongWest Region / Bamboutos / Bamougong (Batcham district) - Restricted
  20. Tschamba Samba Leko Langa circumcision bullroarerTchamba / Beka / Faro Department / North Region - Restricted

Japan 18

  1. Ainu rera-suyep wind-raising bullroarerHokkaido / Tokachi - Weather / fertility magic
  2. Aomori Kiyou 30 Figure 7 perforated polished-stone-axe / stone-product setc. 5550–5050 BC - Aomori/Hokkaido comparative corpus; Aomori Kiyou 30 Fig. 7 and Nakano B crosswalk - Function not recorded
  3. Endo Hiroya site large hera-shaped pendantc. 4050–3650 BC - Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan; Endo Hiroya site - Function not recorded
  4. Heiwa site stone-axe-shaped pendantc. 7050–5950 BC - Urahoro, Hokkaido, Japan; Heiwa aggregate route - Function not recorded
  5. Ishihara site large hera-shaped pendantc. 4050–3050 BC - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; Ishihara site - Function not recorded
  6. Kurawa sitec. 3750 BC - Kurawa site, Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan - Function not recorded
  7. Kuwano spatula-shaped pendants (箆状垂飾) — Early Jomon Japanc. 5050–4550 BC - Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, Hokuriku (Honshu), Japan; Kuwano site, Early Jomon (c. 5050–4550 BC) - Function not recorded
  8. Miharadajo site no.432 large hera-shaped pendantc. 4050–3050 BC - Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan; Miharadajo site no. 432 - Function not recorded
  9. Mikamine site no.268 slate pendantc. 3950–3550 BC - Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; Mikamine site no. 268 - Function not recorded
  10. Mitsugosawa-naka site large hera-shaped pendantc. 4050–3050 BC - Takasaki, Gunma, Japan; Mitsugosawa-naka site pit 75 - Function not recorded
  11. Nokubi site trapezoid pendant-like objectUndated - Goto Islands, Nagasaki, Japan; Nokubi site - Function not recorded
  12. Kawajiri four-object perforated-axe group — Okhotsk Hokkaido, Initial Jomonc. 6100–4000 BC - Okajima, Esashi Town (Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido; Kawajiri site, now Horobetsu Right-Bank Terrace site - Function not recorded
  13. Rokkanda Minami Figure 4 no.4 upper-holed stone productc. 3520–2470 BC - Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan; Rokkanda Minami site - Function not recorded
  14. Sannai-Maruyama official stone pendant 9530c. 5050–3520 BC - Aomori, Japan; Sannai-Maruyama official object 9530 - Function not recorded
  15. Sannai-Maruyama short-rectangular pendant leadc. 3950–2250 BC - Aomori, Japan; Sannai-Maruyama site, Jomon - Function not recorded
  16. Usukubo site official pendant groupc. 5000–400 BC - Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Usukubo site pendant group - Function not recorded
  17. Yamaguchidai site large hera-shaped pendantc. 4050–3050 BC - Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan; Yamaguchidai site - Function not recorded
  18. Yoshimine sitec. 5050–3520 BC - Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan; Yoshimine site, Early Jomon - Function not recorded

Peru 15

  1. Aguano Lamisto Tschamikuro toy clusterNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
  2. Aymara child's bull-roarer, ChucuitoChucuito, Puno — northwestern Lake Titicaca basin - Play / practical
  3. Campa meromero jaguar bullroarerPerené-Tambo drainages, Selva Central montaña (Tessmann's Kampa area) - Play / practical
  4. Cashinahua asu bullroarer (INC 1978)Upper Purús/Juruá - Function not recorded
  5. Chapra / Shapra palo zumbador Morona basinPushaga-Sicuanga tributaries of the Morona River - Play / practical
  6. Huitoto Peruvian Amazon feather bullroarerPeruvian Amazon / Loreto - Play / practical
  7. Kampa jaguar-warning bullroarerNortheastern Peru / Montana - Play / practical
  8. Kashibo thunder-voice toy and mask contextNortheastern Peru - Restricted
  9. Koto wigo toyNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
  10. Matsigenka bull-roarer (museum)Urubamba River, Ucayali - Sacred / spirit
  11. Ancon necropolis perforated bone spatulas (PRM 1919.59.88, .89)c. 200 BC–AD 1550 - Lima Region / Ancon necropolis (no period assigned) - Function not recorded
  12. Nomatsigenga palo zumbador PangoaPangoa and Sonomoro valleys, Satipo, Junin (Selva Central montana) - Function not recorded
  13. Panobo reo reo toyNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
  14. Shipibo-Conibo palo zumbador YarinacochaYarinacocha / Ucayali - Function not recorded
  15. Three Vicús stone buzzing plaquesc. 500 BC–AD 400 - Piura region / far north coast; Vicús culture area - Function not recorded

Spain 15

  1. Aitzbitarte IV cavec. 13,000–9000 BC - Magdalenian Cantabrian (Errenteria, Gipuzkoa) - Sacred / spirit
  2. Aizkoltxo engraved rib plaquec. 12,840–12,160 BC - Aizkoltxo Cave / Mendaro / Gipuzkoa - Function not recorded
  3. Altamira cave bramaderac. 22,000–17,000 BC - Cantabria / Altamira; advanced Solutrean or Magdalenian attribution debated - Function not recorded
  4. Bolinkoba cavec. 15,000–9000 BC - Magdalenian Cantabrian (Abadiño, Bizkaia) - Sacred / spirit
  5. Carballedo Lugo zoadeira bullroarerGalicia / Lugo / Carballedo - Play / practical
  6. El Valle cave zumbaderac. 13,000–9500 BC - Cantabria / Rasines; Upper Magdalenian level - Function not recorded
  7. Tito Bustillo rib spatulac. 15,800–15,400 BC - Asturias / Ribadesella / Ardines - Function not recorded
  8. El Cierro perforated plaquec. 18,000–16,500 BC - Asturias / Ribadesella / Fresno (Fresnu) - Function not recorded
  9. El Juyo fusiform bone fragmentc. 15,450–13,920 BC - El Juyo Cave / Cantabria - Function not recorded
  10. El Pendo Magdalenian bramaderac. 15,000–9000 BC - Cueva de El Pendo, Cantabria; Magdalenian attribution debated within the corpus - Function not recorded
  11. La Paloma cave Magdalenian bramaderac. 15,000–12,000 BC - Asturias / Soto de Las Regueras; Middle Magdalenian - Function not recorded
  12. León zumbador (bramadera)Leon / Castilla y Leon - Play / practical
  13. Llonín bone plaquec. 15,000–12,000 BC - Llonín Cave / Asturias - Function not recorded
  14. Navarre-Basque-Aragon brunzidorNavarre / Basque Country / Aragon - Play / practical
  15. Roncal Valley shepherdsEastern Navarre pastoral - Play / practical

Germany 14

  1. Bagow whirring bladec. 9600–4000 BC - Brandenburg / former Kreis Brandenburg - Function not recorded
  2. Black Forest (Germany) Schläzel bull-roarerBlack Forest / Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg - Play / practical
  3. Gützlaffshagen children's SchwirrholzGut Gutzlafshagen / modern Gutzlaffshagen near Garz / Rugen - Play / practical
  4. Stolzenau childhood SchwirrholzStolzenau / Kingdom of Hanover / modern Lower Saxony - Play / practical
  5. Burgwall whirring bladec. 9600–4000 BC - Brandenburg / former Kreis Gransee - Function not recorded
  6. Döberitz whirring bladec. 9600–4000 BC - Brandenburg / Havelland, former Kreis Rathenow - Function not recorded
  7. Fernewerder decorated whirring bladec. 9600–4000 BC - Brandenburg / former Kreis Nauen - Function not recorded
  8. Gadebusch Schwirrplättchen (decorated bone plate)c. 600–300 BC - Mecklenburg / Gadebusch - Function not recorded
  9. Hohen Viecheln whirring devicec. 9000–7000 BC - Mecklenburg / former Kreis Wismar - Function not recorded
  10. Pritzerber See Late Paleolithic bone bull-roarerc. 14,000–10,000 BC - Pritzerber See, Havelland; Late Paleolithic (14000-10000 v. Chr.) - Function not recorded
  11. Satzkorn whirring bladec. 9600–4000 BC - Brandenburg / former Kreis Potsdam - Function not recorded
  12. Stellmoor Ahrensburg reindeer-bone bullroarerc. 10,900–9700 BC - Northern Germany / Ahrensburg culture - Function not recorded
  13. Vogelherd perforated ivory batonc. 38,000–32,000 BC - Lone Valley / Swabian Jura, Baden-Württemberg - Function not recorded
  14. Wustermark plain whirring bladec. 9600–4000 BC - Brandenburg / Havelland - Function not recorded

China 12

  1. Beifudi jade bi-shaped blade (玉匕) — from a sacrificial groundc. 6050–5350 BC - Yixian County, Baoding, Hebei; Beifudi site, Phase 1 (c. 6050–5050 BC), Taihang piedmont - Function not recorded
  2. Chahai jade bi-shaped blades (匕形器) — bullroarer-form 'pendants'c. 6250–5650 BC - Liaoning, Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County; Chahai site, Xinglongwa culture horizon (c. 6050–5650 BC) - Function not recorded
  3. Chaoyang Museum jade insect-head pendant pairc. 4500–3000 BC - Chaoyang, Liaoning; typologically attributed to the Hamin Mangha type of Hongshan culture - Function not recorded
  4. De Fu Museum jade insect-head pendant, Chaoyangc. 4500–3000 BC - Chaoyang, Liaoning; typologically attributed to the Hamin Mangha type of Hongshan culture - Function not recorded
  5. Niudaokou village / Baodi leadc. 6050–5050 BC - Niudaokou, Baodi District, Tianjin, China - Function not recorded
  6. Niuheliang N5SCZ1:2 white-jade boardc. 3500–3000 BC - Niuheliang Locality 5, Chaoyang, Liaoning; late Hongshan culture - Function not recorded
  7. Kara Khoja (Turfan) yongpuldurpicKara Khoja (Qara Chodscha / Gaochang), Turfan oasis, Xinjiang - Play / practical
  8. Xiaonanshan jade bi-shaped blades (玉匕) — Ussuri, c. 7050 BCc. 7250–6650 BC - Raohe County, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang; Xiaonanshan site on the Ussuri River, early jade horizon (c. 7250–6650 BC) - Function not recorded
  9. Xibenbaoleng tomb jade bi-shaped blades (匕形器) — jue at the head, blades at the waistc. 6250–5450 BC - Bairin Right Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia; Xibenbaoleng tomb, Xinglongwa culture (c. 6250–5450 BC) - Function not recorded
  10. Xinglonggou House 22 jade bi-shaped blades (匕形器)c. 6250–5450 BC - Aohan Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia; Xinglonggou site, Xinglongwa culture (c. 6050 BC) - Function not recorded
  11. Xinglongwa type-site jade bi-shaped blades (匕形器)c. 6200–5400 BC - Aohan Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia; Xinglongwa site, type-site of the Xinglongwa culture (c. 6250–5450 BC) - Function not recorded
  12. Yi Nisu Hecamo tatu pine ritual noisemakerYunnan / Ailao Mountains / Xinping - Sacred / spirit

Vanuatu 12

  1. Ambrym secret-society bullroarerAmbrym / New Hebrides - Restricted
  2. Araga (Pentecost), Vanuatu — buro toy (tavire bua)New Hebrides - Play / practical
  3. Big Nambas bullroarer, MalekulaNorthwest Malekula / Big Nambas plateau - Restricted
  4. Lambumbu and Uerik Malekula sacred bullroarerCentral-west Malekula / Lambumbu - Restricted
  5. Maewo (Aoba), Vanuatu — buro toy (tal-viv)New Hebrides - Play / practical
  6. Malekula (Nivivbur) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Malekula, Vanuatu - Restricted
  7. Merlav Banks Islands mourning bullroarerSacred / spirit
  8. Mota Banks Islands nanamateaSacred / spirit
  9. Naman circumcision bullroarers (Lengaleng)Central Malekula / Lengaleng - Restricted
  10. Senbarei (Onua) temigh wumpEast Malekula / Onua - Sacred / spirit
  11. Banks Islands werewere, the friction stone that replaced the bullroarerBanks Islands (Torba) - Restricted
  12. Vanua Lava, Banks Islands — buro toy (mala)Banks Islands, New Hebrides - Play / practical

Netherlands 11

  1. Alkmaar brommer (bullroarer)North Holland / Alkmaar - Play / practical
  2. Voorstraat snorrebot stripc. 1650–1750 AD - South Holland / Dordrecht, Leeuwenburg-Mijnsherenherberg on the Voorstraat - Function not recorded
  3. Groningen snorrebotGroningen province (NE-Netherlands dialect belt) - Play / practical
  4. Groot Olmen antler snorrebotc. 475–600 AD - Zuid-Kennemerland dunes / North Holland - Function not recorded
  5. Huis Dever snorrebotc. 1600–1750 AD - South Holland / Lisse, Huis (Huys) Dever - Play / practical
  6. Middenbeemster Keyserkerk bone snorrebotc. 1615–1867 AD - North Holland / Beemster polder - Play / practical
  7. Schagen two-hole snorrebotc. 1600–1625 AD - North Holland / Schagen - Function not recorded
  8. Portegies snorrebotc. 1600–1700 AD - North Holland / Beverwijk, Portegies - Play / practical
  9. Schellinkhout half-drilled snorrebotc. 1600–1700 AD - North Holland / Drechterland - Play / practical
  10. Tilburg-Kraaiven Late Mesolithic zoemsteenc. 5500 BC - North Brabant / Tilburg-Kraaiven - Function not recorded
  11. Utrecht Wittevrouwenstraat rib snorrebot pairBefore c. 1550 AD; c. 1640–1914 AD - Utrecht / city centre - Play / practical

South Africa 11

  1. !goin!goin bull-roarer of the Kalahari San (Kirby collection)Southern Kalahari (Gordonia district, Northern Cape), around Twee Rivieren - Function not recorded
  2. |Xam !goin !goin bee-control bullroarerNorthern Cape / |Xam Bushman source region - Weather / fertility magic
  3. Doring River rock-art bullroarer playersAt least 2,000 years old - Cederberg / Doring River valley - Sacred / spirit
  4. Johannesburg sandstorm bullroarerJohannesburg / Witwatersrand, Transvaal Colony - Play / practical
  5. Xhosa / Amakosa nodiwu bullroarerRestricted
  6. Korana (burubush)Middle Orange River (!Kora country) - Play / practical
  7. KwaZulu-Natal carved bullroarerKwaZulu/Natal - Sacred / spirit
  8. Matjes River MR 40 bullroarerc. 7630–3450 BC - Southern Cape / Matjes River mouth near Keurboomstrand (Plettenberg Bay) - Function not recorded
  9. Orange Springs painted trance-dance bullroarerc. 1000 BC–AD 1906 - Eastern Free State / Caledon River valley near Modderpoort and Ladybrand - Sacred / spirit
  10. Pedi bull-roarer (kgabududu)Transvaal (Sekhukhuneland, Limpopo) - Play / practical
  11. Venda bull-roarer and spinning-disk (tshivhilivhi / luvuva)Venda (Vhembe, northern Limpopo) - Play / practical

Turkey 11

  1. Anitkaya (Egret) firildakAfyonkarahisar - Play / practical
  2. Toothed bullroarers from Aziziye Köyü, BurdurBurdur / Aziziye Koyu - Play / practical
  3. Boncuklu Tarla figured bone plaque (Kemik Plak 3)c. 8550–8300 BC - Upper Tigris / Dargeçit, Mardin province, southeastern Anatolia - Function not recorded
  4. Bullroarer (fırıldak), Çakmak Köyü, EdirneEdirne / Cakmak Koyu - Play / practical
  5. Çatalhöyük antler bullroarer 11910.X1c. 6700–6500 BC - Konya Plain / Central Anatolia - Function not recorded
  6. Çatalhöyük Building 59 antler pendantc. 6610–6250 BC - Konya Plain / Central Anatolia - Function not recorded
  7. Turkish toothed bullroarers, Eldivon (fırıldak)Cankiri / Eldivon - Play / practical
  8. Göbekli Tepe decorated bone spatulaec. 9500–8000 BC - Pre-Pottery Neolithic southeastern Anatolia - Function not recorded
  9. Hasankeyf Höyük elongated bone plaquec. 9500–9000 BC - Upper Tigris / Batman region - Function not recorded
  10. Körtik Tepe decorated perforated bone plaquesc. 10,400–9300 BC - Upper Tigris / southeastern Anatolia - Function not recorded
  11. Phrygian Cybele / Mt DindymonPhrygia / Mysia (Cyzicus region; Hellenistic aetiology) - Sacred / spirit

Bolivia 10

  1. Cavineño Río Beni bullroarer toyRio Beni / La Paz-Beni - Play / practical
  2. Chacobo toyEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
  3. Chimane toyEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
  4. Chiquitano / Churapa bullroarersSanta Cruz region, eastern Bolivia - Play / practical
  5. Guaraŝug'wä ivirapähĩm̃'ne bullroarer, Santa AnitaCampo Grande / Suvivuhu, northern Velasco Province, Santa Cruz Department - Play / practical
  6. Guarayu toyEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
  7. Itonama bullroarerEastern Bolivia - Function not recorded
  8. Tiwanaku stone bullroarerc. AD 180–1100 - Tiwanaku archaeological complex, La Paz Department, Bolivian Altiplano (reportedly) - Function not recorded
  9. Wéhnayey jwim-jwim children's whirring toyRío Pilcomayo, Provincia Gran Chaco, Tarija - Play / practical
  10. Yuracare toyEastern Bolivia - Play / practical

Mexico 10

  1. Bahia de Los Angeles cave findc. 1500–1800 AD - Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California - Function not recorded
  2. Seri bull-roarer (museum)Bahia de Kino (Kino Bay), Hermosillo Municipality, Sonora - Function not recorded
  3. Comcaac (Seri) Isla Tiburón bullroarerSonora / Isla Tiburon - Function not recorded
  4. KiliwaBaja California (Arroyo Leon area) - Sacred / spirit
  5. Mesbilja Chiapas bullroarer (museum)Mesbilja, Oxchuc, Chiapas - Function not recorded
  6. Otomi bull-roarer (museum)Texcatepec, Veracruz - Play / practical
  7. San José Xilatzen bullroarer (Quai Branly 71.1938.164.352)Huasteca / San Luis Potosí - Function not recorded
  8. Contemporary Seri-associated Bufo ceremony bullroarerSonora / Seri-Comcaac territory - Sacred / spirit
  9. Sierra de la Giganta bullroarerUndated - Baja California Sur / Sierra de la Giganta, Loreto municipality - Function not recorded
  10. San Julio Basin ironwood bullroarerUndated - San Julio Basin / Baja California Sur - Function not recorded

Argentina 9

  1. Alero de los Jinetes whirled-cord ridersc. 1573–1625 AD - Sierras del Norte / Cerro Colorado, Cordoba Province - Play / practical
  2. Mapuche furfúrwe rain-whirler, Lagunita Salada, ChubutLagunita Salada, Gastre Department, Chubut (northern Patagonian steppe) - Weather / fertility magic
  3. Eastern Mataco bullroarer, Bermejo RiverGran Chaco / Bermejo River - Play / practical
  4. Mbyá-Guaraní waimí kerambú bamboo bullroarer, MisionesMisiones - Play / practical
  5. Northern Patagonia engraved-plaque churinga analoguec. 2200 BC–present - Northern Patagonia / Pampa / Bahia San Blas and related plaque-hacha find regions - Sacred / spirit
  6. Copacabana incised stone bullroarerc. 200 BC - Copacabana / Tinogasta Department / Catamarca - Function not recorded
  7. Pair of incised stone bullroarersc. 200 BC - Catamarca / Northwest Argentina - Function not recorded
  8. Vilela kiré ajlipié bullroarer, eastern ChacoEastern Chaco - Play / practical
  9. Llullaillaco Spondylus buzzing plaquesc. 1462–1507 AD - Inca Empire, Collasuyu / Puna de Atacama, Salta Province - Sacred / spirit

Croatia 9

  1. Vodnjan la sfronda bullroarerDignano / Vodnjan, Istria - Play / practical
  2. Buje boyhood bullroarer (Vigini reconstruction)Buie / Buje, Istrian Carso - Play / practical
  3. Cittanova Novigrad la fionda bullroarerCittanova / modern Novigrad / Istria - Play / practical
  4. Porec coa de la cagnea bullroarerParenzo / Porec, Istria - Play / practical
  5. Rovinj la bus de la viecia bullroarerRovigno / Rovinj, Istria - Play / practical
  6. Portole (Oprtalj) romboInland Istria - Play / practical
  7. Lake Arsa herders livestock-driving bullroarerLake Arsa / modern Cepicko polje below Ucka / Istria - Play / practical
  8. Smilčići bone platec. 6000–5500 BC - Smilčići / northern Dalmatia - Function not recorded
  9. Vrbnik grmavica-germjavica bull-roarer, Krk Island (Et 9765a-e)Krk Island (Bodulija), Primorje-Gorski Kotar - Function not recorded

Kenya 9

  1. Akamba (Ukamba) boy's bullroarerUkamba, British East Africa - Play / practical
  2. Bukusu leopard-voice bullroarerNorth Kabras location, Kakamega District / Bungoma–Kakamega Bukusu country, western Kenya - Restricted
  3. Gusii eng'iti enene, the Big Beast of OutsideNyansongo, Kisii highlands, Nyanza Province (now Kisii and Nyamira counties), western Kenya - Restricted
  4. Kikuyu kiburuti child-toy survivalCentral Kenya / Southern Kikuyu - Play / practical
  5. Munge Kikuyu bullroarerHistoric Munge district / likely Mutira, Kirinyaga - Play / practical
  6. KipsigisKericho highlands, Kenya - Restricted
  7. Mumbo cult bullroarers (Alego / Kavirondo)Alego, Central Kavirondo (Siaya) - Sacred / spirit
  8. Mijikenda (Wanika)Coastal hinterland behind Mombasa (Kaya forests) - Sacred / spirit
  9. Nandi initiation bullroarersNandi / British East Africa - Restricted

Mali 9

  1. Bamana ritual bullroarers, wood and forged iron (Frobenius / Kunstkamera)Segou region, middle Niger (eastern Bamana) - Sacred / spirit
  2. Bambara N'Domo Lion bullroarerBambara / Mali - Restricted
  3. Bozo Nouhoun-Bozo boys' rhombeMopti Region / Djenne-Tenenkou area - Play / practical
  4. Bwa (Bwaba)Black Volta / San-Tominian, Mali-Burkina border - Restricted
  5. Djenne Mali MIMO bromhout bullroarerMopti Region / Djenne - Function not recorded
  6. Dogon Sanga Awa mask bullroarer women warningBandiagara / Sanga - Restricted
  7. Dogon Songo veni bullroarerSongo / Bandiagara escarpment / Mopti region / French Sudan - Restricted
  8. Dogon rhombe of Yougo Dogorou, the village where the Sigui beginsYougo Dogorou, Bandiagara escarpment, Mopti region (French Sudan at the time of the Dakar-Djibouti mission) - Restricted
  9. Kouroumba Yoro atongu dry-season bullroarerYoro / Mopti region / French Sudan - Play / practical

Slovenia 9

  1. Koper el volo bullroarerCapodistria / Koper, Istria - Play / practical
  2. Postojna bullroarerPostumia / Postojna, Carniola - Play / practical
  3. Piran rullo bullroarerPirano / Piran, Istria - Play / practical
  4. Divje Babe perforated jaw fragmentc. 88,000–68,000 BC - Cerkno / Idrijca valley, western Slovenia - Function not recorded
  5. Mala Triglavca bone fish brnivkac. 10,000–5500 BC - Kras (Karst) plateau / Divača - Function not recorded
  6. Potočka perforated bone pointc. 33,000 BC - Potočka zijalka / eastern Karawanks - Function not recorded
  7. Potočka perforated rib fragmentc. 35,000–31,000 BC - Potočka zijalka / eastern Karawanks - Function not recorded
  8. Potočka perforated mandiblec. 33,000 BC - Potočka zijalka / eastern Karawanks - Function not recorded
  9. Slovenia brnivka bullroarerSlovenia - Play / practical

Angola 6

  1. Chokwe (Tsokwe) ndumbamwela bullroarerN.O. Angola (Lunda/Moxico Chokwe heartland) - Play / practical
  2. Humbi Handa lumpoku circumcision-school bullroarerSouth-western Angola / Huila - Restricted
  3. Kongo (Bakongo)San Salvador / Mbanza Kongo - Play / practical
  4. Ngangela kasolo and kahulihuliNgangela country, south-eastern Angola (then Portuguese Angola) - Function not recorded
  5. Ovimbundu bull-roarer (museum specimen)Elende, central Angola - Play / practical
  6. Bullroarer, Powell-Cotton Angola collection (British Museum)Angola (Portuguese West Africa) - Function not recorded

Colombia 6

  1. Cubeo (Kobeua / Kubeo)Upper Vaupés / Cuduiarí and Querarí rivers - Restricted
  2. Cubeo stone bullroarer, Cuduyari RiverCuduyari River / Vaupes - Sacred / spirit
  3. Desana nurá-mee bullroarer, VaupésVaupés / upper Rio Negro cultural region - Sacred / spirit
  4. Kagaba (Kogi)Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Play / practical
  5. Noanamá (Waunana / Wounaan)Isla de Munguidó, San Juan River, Chocó - Play / practical
  6. Kisgo Manzanal bird-call zumbadorManzanal / Resguardo Indigena de Kisgo / Silvia / Cauca - Play / practical

Cote d'Ivoire 6

  1. Baule Guro bonu amuin bullroarer spirit voiceBaule Guro country - Restricted
  2. Dan Goton and the stilt-dancers of BouafleDan (Yacouba) country around Man, western Cote d'Ivoire - Sacred / spirit
  3. Dan rhombe sound-mask bullroarer, Man / TonkpiDan country (western Cote d'Ivoire / northeastern Liberia) - Restricted
  4. Gban (Gagou) wroum wroum bird-scarerDepartement d'Oume, centre-ouest Cote d'Ivoire - Play / practical
  5. Senufo (Senoufo)Korhogo-Boundiali, northern Cote d'Ivoire / SE Mali - Restricted
  6. Toura Goton, the iron god who speaksToura mountains, Biankouma, western Cote d'Ivoire - Sacred / spirit

Malaysia 6

  1. Kayan (Borneo) padi-clearing bullroarerSarawak rivers, Sea Dayak country - Play / practical
  2. Kenyah Klemantan Baram wat jawat rice-field bullroarerSarawak / Baram River District - Weather / fertility magic
  3. Kenyah-Badang kidiu paired bullroarerUpper Rejang River / Belaga District, Sarawak - Play / practical
  4. Kintak Bong Lubok Tapah bull-roarerPerak / Ulu Selama / Lubok Tapah - Play / practical
  5. Narom bullroarer, Lower Baram, SarawakSarawak / ?Narom - Play / practical
  6. Semaq Beri (Evans's Sakai-Jakun) lightning bullroarer mythTekai River, Jerantut district, Pahang - Function not recorded

Burkina Faso 5

  1. BoboBobo-Dioulasso region, western Burkina Faso - Restricted
  2. Dorhosie Zorhogo, the iron that hunts sorcerersCercle de Bobo-Dioulasso, former Haute-Volta / French Sudan - Restricted
  3. Gan sᴐrᴐ initiation bullroarerSouthwest Burkina Faso / Loropeni Department - Restricted
  4. Kassena nàvúni bullroarer cluster, MKBKoumbili, Pô subdivision, southern Burkina Faso - Weather / fertility magic
  5. Tusia Do-society metal rhombeTusia/Toussian country, southwest Burkina Faso - Restricted

Gabon 5

  1. Bamba bull-roarer (museum)Okondja, Haut-Ogooue - Play / practical
  2. Amvam Fang evuntere bullroarerWoleu-Ntem / Oyem - Restricted
  3. Fang (Pangwe)Rio Muni / N Gabon / S Kamerun - Sacred / spirit
  4. Gabon MIMO bromhout bullroarerGabon - Function not recorded
  5. Kwele / Bakwele namiqwott funeral bullroarer, MakokouMakokou / Haut-Ivindo - Restricted

Namibia 5

  1. Auin ostrich-lure bullroarer, KaukauveldGobabis-Epukiro / southern Kaukauveld, German South-West Africa - Play / practical
  2. Brandberg rock-painting bullroarer depictionc. 4,000–2,000 years ago - Brandberg / Damaraland - Sacred / spirit
  3. Ju|'hoansi and !Kung initiation bullroarersTsintsabis / Oshivelo and wider Kalahari source chain - Restricted
  4. Oas San healer's bullroarer, OmahekeOas farm / Omaheke sandveld / Kalahari, German South-West Africa - Sacred / spirit
  5. Uukwaluudhi omathila rain and sowing Big BirdsOwamboland / Omusati region - Restricted

Norway 5

  1. Madla snorlebein (Norsk Folkemuseum NF.1964-0080)Rogaland / Stavanger - Play / practical
  2. Normannsvika slate bladec. 4500–4240 BC - Finnmark / Melkøya, Hammerfest - Function not recorded
  3. Norway fishermen wind-protection bullroarersNorwegian fjords - Weather / fertility magic
  4. Stunner brummerc. 8500 BC - Follo / Akershus (now Nordre Follo), Southeast Norway - Function not recorded
  5. Tuv Saltstraumen shale bullroarerc. 3040–2620 BC - Nordland / Saltstraumen - Function not recorded

Republic of the Congo 5

  1. Bembe (Babembe)Bouenza / Mouyondzi plateau (Lower-Congo cluster) - Play / practical
  2. Bongo bamboo-midrib bullroarer pairKongo-Brazzaville / French Equatorial Africa (no locality recorded) - Sacred / spirit
  3. Kota burnt-pattern bullroarerKongo-Brazzaville / French Equatorial Africa (no locality recorded) - Sacred / spirit
  4. Kuyu / Kouyou Ngwé bullroarer, KouyougandzaKouyougandza / Cuvette - Play / practical
  5. Teke (Bateke)Batéké Plateau - Restricted

Romania 5

  1. Cuina Turcului decorated antler plaquec. 12,700–11,000 cal BC - Iron Gates / Danube Gorges; Cuina Turcului rockshelter, Dubova, Mehedinti - Function not recorded
  2. Arad Maros zúgattyú bullroarerArad / Maros (Mures) embankment - Play / practical
  3. Torda bungatytyu shingle bullroarerTorda (Turda), Torda-Aranyos county, Transylvania - Play / practical
  4. Bucesti trench bullroarer, July 1917Siret front, Galati county - Play / practical
  5. Esztelnek Székely surrógtató bullroarerCovasna / Esztelnek (Estelnic) - Play / practical

Taiwan 5

  1. Amis bnbn toy and bird-scarer bullroarerCiwidiyan / Shuilian, Shoufeng Township, Hualien - Play / practical
  2. Puyuma childhood bullroarer, KatratripulrKatratripulr (Zhiben), Taitung - Play / practical
  3. Sakizaya berber bullroarer, Guo Fu CommunityGuo Fu Community / Hualien City - Play / practical
  4. Cardboard toy-aircraft bullroarer, TainanTainan - Play / practical
  5. Tsou euvuvu bullroarer warning signalCentral Mountain Range / Alishan-Tsou area - Weather / fertility magic

Ethiopia 4

  1. Amhara bull-roarer (museum)Gondar, Amhara - Weather / fertility magic
  2. Burji Omisso Furissa bullroarerBurji highlands / southern Ethiopia - Sacred / spirit
  3. Gedeo Darassa emimissa restricted bullroarerGedeo highlands / southern Ethiopia - Restricted
  4. Gato Kusume field bird-scarer bullroarerGatoland / southern Ethiopia - Play / practical

New Zealand 4

  1. Maori purerehua bullroarerAotearoa / New Zealand - Sacred / spirit
  2. Ngati Porou (turorohu rain rite)East Cape / Waiapu Valley, North Island - Weather / fertility magic
  3. Pig Bay bone kōrorohūc. 1400–1500 AD - Pig Bay / Motutapu Island / Hauraki Gulf - Play / practical
  4. Whanganui (huhū, the buzzing toy)Whanganui River district, west-central North Island - Play / practical

Philippines 4

  1. Bontoc wedwed violent-death bullroarerMountain Province, Luzon - Sacred / spirit
  2. Ifugao northern Luzon bamboo bullroarerNorthern Luzon / Eastern Lepanto / Northern Nueva Vizcaya - Play / practical
  3. Sagada (Northern Kankanay / Lepanto-Bontok Igorot)Sagada, western Mountain Province, Cordillera Central, northern Luzon (Northern Kankanay / former Lepanto territory) - Play / practical
  4. Tinguian Patoc pabilbil bull roarerAbra / Patoc / Luzon - Play / practical

Thailand 4

  1. Jalor (Yala) MalaysPatani region, Kampong Jalor (Yala, S. Thailand) - Play / practical
  2. Pattani baling rig (Pitt Rivers)Pattani, lower Siam (Malay coast) - Play / practical
  3. Southern Lisu forest-spirit bullroarer, northern ThailandNorthern Thailand / eastern Shan Southern Lisu dialect range - Sacred / spirit
  4. Thai-Lue children's pipe-bundle bullroarer, PhaedPhaed Village, Chiengkham District (then Chiengrai Province), North Thailand - Play / practical

Venezuela 4

  1. Piaroa / Wothuja Imu-chuwo Warime bullroarerMiddle and upper Orinoco / Amazonas - Restricted
  2. Pume bull-roarer (museum)Llanos, Venezuela - Function not recorded
  3. Sanumá bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Yanomami (Sanumá), upper Orinoco/Caura - Function not recorded
  4. Waika alabaco, MahekodotediUpper Orinoco / Mahekodotedi (El Platanal) - Play / practical

Zambia 4

  1. Lala (cimwimwi), ChibaleChibale chiefdom, southwest Serenje District, Central Province - Sacred / spirit
  2. LambaCopperbelt / Lambaland, Zambia-Katanga border - Play / practical
  3. Luvale ndumbamwelela Mukanda bullroarer, Solochi VillageSolochi Village, Chavuma / former Zambezi District, North-Western Province - Restricted
  4. Ndembu ndumba mwila Mukanda bullroarer, Wukengi / Nyaluhana vicinageWukengi Farm / Nyaluhana vicinage, Mwinilunga District, North-Western Province - Restricted

Benin 3

  1. Wéménu kpe, the voice of LoLower Ouémé valley - Restricted
  2. Yoruba Abomey eke bullroarerAbomey region / Zou Department / Dahomey - Function not recorded
  3. Yoruba Mitro, Benin bullroarer cluster, MKBMitro, Oueme Department - Sacred / spirit

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3

  1. Saw-toothed perforated bullroarerc. 6000–5350 BC - Bosnia-Herzegovina (site unresolved; probably Obre, Kakanj) - Function not recorded
  2. Donja Dolina perforated whetstonesc. 1200–1 BC - Donja Dolina pile-dwelling, Sava riverbed near Bosanska Gradiška - Function not recorded
  3. Mahrevići perforated whetstoneAfter c. 250 BC - Mahrevići tumulus, Čajniče district - Function not recorded

Chad 3

  1. Goula Iro Yonto bullroarer, Boum KabirBoum Kabir, north shore of Lake Iro, southeastern Chad - Restricted
  2. Mundang (Moundang)Lere region, SW Chad / N Cameroon - Sacred / spirit
  3. Tupuri (Toupouri)SW Chad / N Cameroon (Mayo-Kebbi) - Function not recorded

Egypt 3

  1. Egypt bull-roarer, Blackman collection (Cambridge MAA)Egypt / Nile Valley - Function not recorded
  2. Gurob papyrus Orphic Dionysian rhombos leadGurob / Fayum - Restricted
  3. Fayum Ptolemaic figureFayum - Sacred / spirit

Greece 3

  1. Ancient Greek Dionysiac rhombosRestricted
  2. Athenian Sabazios mysteries (Glaukothea / Aeschines)Classical Athens, mid-4th c. BC - Restricted
  3. Modern Greek vouga bullroarerGreece; country-wide folk-instrument attestation, locality unrecorded - Play / practical

Greenland 3

  1. Clavering Island Site D bullroarer (NMAI 17/9591)c. 1600–1800 AD - Northeast Greenland / Clavering Island - Function not recorded
  2. Ammassalik Inuit bullroarer (Quai Branly)Ammassalik district, Groenland oriental (East Greenland) - Play / practical
  3. Clavering Island Site C East Greenland NMAI 17-9504c. 1600–1800 AD - Northeast Greenland / Tunu - Function not recorded

Guinea 3

  1. Kissi initiation and ancestor-voice bullroarerKissidougou-Guéckédou / Forest Guinea - Restricted
  2. Kono (gueyoumo)Guinee forestiere (Lola region), Haute-Guinee francaise - Restricted
  3. Toma bull-roarer (museum)Nzerekore - Restricted

Liberia 3

  1. Gbunde bale wola, a voice of the Poro Big DevilWestern Province / Lofa (Gbunde country) - Restricted
  2. Ge Vu ni, the devil who is a bull-roarerCentral Province / Nimba (Mano country) - Restricted
  3. Gio circumcision-school bull-roarer, "make bull-roarer talk"Central Province / Nimba (Gio country) - Restricted

Senegal 3

  1. Bassari bull-roarer (museum)Etyolo, Kedougou - Function not recorded
  2. Bedik bull-roarer (museum)Restricted
  3. Ndut (Sereer) gum paxa funerary bullroarer, PambalArrondissement de Pambal, Departement de Tivaouane, Region de Thies - Sacred / spirit

Sweden 3

  1. Luleå River Sámi Bieve Niila bull-roarer cave narrativeBASSEUK'SA / GANIIUK'SA, Small Lule River / Tarrekaise sacred-site narrative - Sacred / spirit
  2. Lund Helgonabacken bone vinareUndated - Lund / Skåne - Play / practical
  3. Scania Sweden bat-attracting bullroarer magicScania / Skåne - Sacred / spirit

Ukraine 3

  1. Bzowica 'airplane game' bullroarerTernopil oblast / former Tarnopol voivodeship - Play / practical
  2. Ukraine 'oldest bullroarer' claim (Gregor) — supersededc. 17,000 BC - Ukraine, site not specified by Gregor - Function not recorded
  3. Ukrainian furkalo garden roarer (Volyn)Volyn / Kovel - Play / practical

Austria 2

  1. Schletz cattle-scapula platec. 5000 BC - Weinviertel / Lower Austria, Asparn an der Zaya-Schletz - Function not recorded
  2. Tischofer perforated bone needlec. 38,000–32,000 BC or 2200–1600 BC - Tyrol / Kaisergebirge / Kaisertal above Kufstein - Function not recorded

Belgium 2

  1. Belgian planchette ronflante (MIM 2295)Belgium (locality unrecorded) - Play / practical
  2. Gent rib snorrebotc. 800–1100 AD - East Flanders / Gent, corner of Gouvernementstraat and Borreputsteeg - Function not recorded

Botswana 2

  1. G/wi and G//ana gíg/ù children's bullroarerCentral Kalahari Reserve - Play / practical
  2. Naro (Nharo) hisi — //Gauwa's voice at initiationGhanzi farm block, Ghanzi District (Bechuanaland Protectorate at the time of the earlier reports) - Restricted

Central African Republic 2

  1. BaAka bullroarer in the elanda dance, Kenyé (Sarno recording)Sangha forest - Play / practical
  2. BandaBangassou / Ubangi region, CAR - Restricted

Chile 2

  1. Mapuche bull-roarer (museum specimen)Araucanía, Chile - Sacred / spirit
  2. Concón copper-and-slate plate pendantsc. AD 500–1000 - Site ENAP-3, Concón, on low hills behind the ENAP oil refinery, bordering the Aconcagua Valley, central Chile - Function not recorded

El Salvador 2

  1. Lenca bull-roarer (museum specimen)Usulután, El Salvador - Function not recorded
  2. Pipil (Nahua-Pipil) bull-roarer (museum specimen)Nahuizalco, Sonsonate - Sacred / spirit

Hungary 2

  1. Hajdúszoboszló board zúgattyúHajdú district, Kingdom of Hungary - Play / practical
  2. Kissziget (Goecsej) whip-mounted zugattyuZala county (Goecsej region) - Play / practical

Iraq 2

  1. Erbil Turkmen warwara bullroarerErbil Governorate / Iraqi Kurdistan - Play / practical
  2. Bahdinani Kurdish badbadak bullroarerBahdinan (Behdinan) / Dohuk - Amadiya, Iraqi Kurdistan - Play / practical

Ireland 2

  1. Loughcrew Cairn H perforated bone slips165–55 BC - Co. Meath / Sliabh na Caillí (Loughcrew), Carnbane West; Iron Age deposit in a Neolithic passage tomb - Function not recorded
  2. NMI F:1934.18 Irish Folklife bull-roarerIrish Folklife Collection / Maynooth donor metadata - Play / practical

Latvia 2

  1. Cēsis Castle rib rūcamkauliņi12th–19th centuries AD - Vidzeme / Livonia - Play / practical
  2. Riga Alksnāja Street rib bullroarer13th–17th centuries AD - Riga old town - Play / practical

Madagascar 2

  1. SakalavaSW Madagascar, districts of Beroroha and Sakaraha - Play / practical
  2. TanalaEastern forest escarpment, Fianarantsoa (Ifanadiana-Ikongo) - Play / practical

Malawi 2

  1. Blantyre, Malawi bullroarerBlantyre - Function not recorded
  2. Konde ifula rain bullroarerKonde country, north end of Lake Malawi - Play / practical

Poland 2

  1. Ratzebuhr Schwirrholz survivalRatzebuhr / Kreis Neustettin / Hinterpommern / modern Okonek - Play / practical
  2. West Prussia Marienwerder SchwirrholzWest Prussia - Play / practical

Serbia 2

  1. Torzsa (Savino Selo) zúgó / WindbrummerBácska (Bács-Bodrog county), Kingdom of Hungary - Play / practical
  2. Vlasac wooden bullroarerc. 6300–5200 BC - Vlasac / Iron Gates (Đerdap), Danube Gorge - Function not recorded

Sierra Leone 2

  1. SherbroSherbro Island, Bonthe District - Restricted
  2. Timne cane bullroarer, MabumNorthern Province / Mabum - Restricted

Sri Lanka 2

  1. Ceylon Buddhist ceremony bullroarerCeylon - Sacred / spirit
  2. SinhaleseCeylon (Colombo, Anuradhapura) - Play / practical

Switzerland 2

  1. Basel (Switzerland) fair bull-roarerBasel, Switzerland - Play / practical
  2. Swiss firlifurli / Schnurre, Ticino nameTicino / Switzerland-wide folk tradition - Play / practical

Tanzania 2

  1. Wapare ngurunguru (mshitu initiation)Pare Mountains - Restricted
  2. Wanjika / Unjika highland toy bullroarerUnjika highland / historic Rukwa district - Play / practical

Algeria 1

  1. Arab (Saharan) bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Saharan Algeria - Play / practical

Argentina; Paraguay; Bolivia 1

  1. Mataco, Choroti and Ashluslay toy bullroarersGran Chaco - Play / practical

Aruba 1

  1. Aruba Island zeeuw toyCircum-Caribbean - Play / practical

Bangladesh 1

  1. Chittagong District Indian Museum bullroarerChittagong District - Play / practical

Belize 1

  1. Mopan Maya San Antonio toy bullroarerToledo District - Play / practical

Bolivia; Argentina; Paraguay 1

  1. Chiriguano and Chane toyGran Chaco / Eastern Bolivia - Play / practical

Botswana / Namibia / South Africa 1

  1. Bushman / San rain and hunting bullroarerWeather / fertility magic

Botswana / South Africa 1

  1. Tswana (seburuburu)Tswana country (SE Botswana / NW South Africa) - Play / practical

Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela 1

  1. Baniwa bullroarer and Botuto/Jurupari contextNorthwestern Brazil / Rio Negro - Function not recorded

Brazil; Paraguay 1

  1. Mbaya-Caduveo funeral and toy bullroarerGran Chaco / Paraguay River - Sacred / spirit

Brazil; Peru; Colombia 1

  1. Tukuna rare bullroarer and puberty-rite contextUpper Amazon - Function not recorded

Bulgaria 1

  1. Bulgarian bramkalo bullroarerBulgaria - Play / practical

Canada / United States 1

  1. Blackfoot children's bull roarerBlackfoot Confederacy territory - Play / practical

Colombia; Panama 1

  1. Choco toy and spirit-protection bullroarerChoco / Darien - Play / practical

Colombia; Venezuela 1

  1. Motilones ritual bullroarerCircum-Caribbean / Sierra de Perija - Restricted

Cook Islands 1

  1. Aitutaki patangitangi leaflet bullroarerAitutaki - Play / practical

Costa Rica 1

  1. Maleku (Guatuso) Jafara divinatory bullroarerRio Frio basin / northern Costa Rica - Sacred / spirit

Côte d’Ivoire 1

  1. Two devils circling the squareBouna, northeastern Côte d'Ivoire - Restricted

Cuba 1

  1. Cuban orisha/Oro bullroarer cultCuba - Sacred / spirit

Cyprus 1

  1. Cypriot bull-roarer (Pitt Rivers)Function not recorded

Czech Republic 1

  1. Pavlovian rhombe — the sourced 'oldest bullroarer' claimc. 22,000 BC - Moravia; Pavlovian (eastern Gravettian) - Function not recorded

Denmark 1

  1. Kongemose bone bullroarerc. 6500 BC - Aamose / western Zealand - Function not recorded

Ecuador 1

  1. Atshuana pumbuentzade, Morona SantiagoMorona Santiago Province - Play / practical

Estonia 1

  1. Estonian vuristi / vuripuu, Karja parishKarja parish, Saaremaa - Play / practical

Finland 1

  1. Nivala suhistuspuu herding bull-roarer (K7145:6)Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (North Ostrobothnia) / Nivala - Play / practical

France / Spain 1

  1. Basque burruna and furrunfarra bullroarerBasque Country / Alava, Lekeitio, Sara - Play / practical

Ghana 1

  1. LoDagaa (Birifu), Upper West Region, GhanaBirifu, Lawra District, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast - Restricted

Greenland (Denmark) 1

  1. Tunumiit bullroarer, Tasiilaq (NMAI, ex-Nationalmuseet)Tasiilaq (Ammassalik), East Greenland - Play / practical

Guatemala 1

  1. Chortí Maya toy bullroarer (Jocotán–Olopa)Chiquimula, eastern Guatemala highlands - Play / practical

Guyana 1

  1. Waiwai bull-roarer (museum specimen)Essequibo headwaters - Function not recorded

Honduras 1

  1. San Marcos ronrón de tablitaSanta Bárbara department - Play / practical

India / Pakistan (undivided Punjab at time of source) 1

  1. Punjab ghirknu children’s toyPunjab villages (undivided Punjab) - Play / practical

Indonesia (Papua) 1

  1. Boven-Bian Marind (Ezam cult)Upper Bian River, kampong Mandoem, Merauke - Restricted

Indonesia / Papua New Guinea (catalogue gives both) 1

  1. West Papuan clay-filled bullroarer trioWest Papua (catalogue provenance "Indonesia / Papua New Guinea, West Papua", all elements flagged uncertain) - Function not recorded

Indonesia / Papua New Guinea borderlands 1

  1. Kaya-Kaya Tugeri Sosom bullroarerDutch New Guinea near British territory - Restricted

Israel 1

  1. Nahal Hemar Cave elongated bone plaquesc. 8000–7000 BC - Judean Desert / Dead Sea region - Function not recorded

Lesotho 1

  1. Sotho bull-roarer (sevuruvuru)Lesotho / South Africa - Play / practical

Lithuania 1

  1. Lithuanian brūklys herders' bullroarerLithuania (country-level) - Play / practical

Malaysia / Thailand 1

  1. Patani Malay elephant-scarer bullroarerKuala Langat District, Selangor (Federated Malay States, British Malaya) - Play / practical

Mali / Guinea 1

  1. Mande Komo-complex sacred hidden Schwirrholz (Frobenius 1908)Upper Niger between the upper Senegal and the Bani ("Central Mandingo" country) - Restricted

Morocco 1

  1. Mogador / Essaouira ferfâra bullroarerAtlantic Morocco / Mogador environs - Play / practical

Myanmar 1

  1. Tangkhul NagaSomra Tract, Naga Hills - Sacred / spirit

Namibia / Angola 1

  1. Kwanyama edila circumcision Big BirdsUukwanyama / Kwanyama region - Restricted

New Caledonia (France) 1

  1. Mare (Nengone) rhombe attestationLoyalty Islands / Mare - Function not recorded

New Zealand (Chatham Islands) 1

  1. Moriori (Chatham Is. whale-bone find)c. AD 1400–1901 - Okawa near Kaingaroa, Chatham Island - Function not recorded

Nicaragua 1

  1. Miskito bull-roarer (museum specimen)Río Coco (Wanks River) - Function not recorded

Nigeria / Cameroon 1

  1. Ekoi Enyara Akum club bullroarersCross River / Oban District - Restricted

Palau 1

  1. Pulo Anna (Pur) zorien bullroarerSouthwest Islands / Pulo Anna (Pur), Sonsorol State - Function not recorded

Peru; Brazil 1

  1. Omagua former child-frightening bullroarerNortheastern Peru / Upper Amazon - Play / practical

Peru; Colombia 1

  1. Bora toy in renewal-resurrection festival contextNorthwestern Amazon / Peru - Play / practical

Poland / Ukraine 1

  1. Galicia San River bzik bullroarerGalicia / San River - Play / practical

Portugal 1

  1. Portugal zunas harvest tabooPortugal - Play / practical

Samoa 1

  1. Samoa lango mumu leaf toy bullroarerSamoan Islands - Play / practical

Slovakia 1

  1. Slovak Malaczka-area toy SchwirrholzWest slope of the Little Carpathians around Malaczka (now Malacky) - Play / practical

Solomon Islands 1

  1. Florida Solomon Islands Matambala buroRestricted

Sudan 1

  1. Masakin (Mesakin, Nuba)South Kordofan - Play / practical

Suriname; French Guiana; Brazil 1

  1. Oayana (Wayana) yolok eu calabash bullroarerLitani, Paloemeu-Tapanahoni, Jari and Paru borderlands - Sacred / spirit

Suriname; Guyana; French Guiana 1

  1. Carib Wun-wun medicine-man bullroarerGuiana / Circum-Caribbean - Restricted

Sweden / Norway (Finnskogen belt) 1

  1. Forest Finn seäntikku bull-roarer toy (SU5161:130)Värmland–Hedmark Finnskogen (Forest Finn settlement belt) - Play / practical

Timor-Leste 1

  1. Makasae (Makasai)Baguia, Baucau District, East Timor - Function not recorded

Togo 1

  1. Yoruba bull-roarer from Togoland (NMNH 279049)German Togoland (central plateau, Atakpame country); modern central Togo - Function not recorded

Uganda 1

  1. Uganda wooden toy bullroarerUganda - Play / practical

United Kingdom (Scotland) 1

  1. Argyllshire srannairArgyllshire (W Highlands); also seen in use in Edinburgh - Play / practical

United States (Alaska) 1

  1. Ingalik (Deg Hit'an)Deg Hit'an (Ingalik) territory, lower Yukon and Innoko rivers, Anvik-Shageluk-Holy Cross region, interior Alaska - Play / practical

Zimbabwe 1

  1. Lendy 1 Zimbabwe rock-art bullroarerProbably more than 2,000 years ago - Mashonaland East / Marondera - Function not recorded