The Bullroarer Atlas

NAAIN-014 - museum specimen

Kotzebue Iñupiaq wolf-scarer NMAI 26-2512

United States - Alaska - Kotzebue Sound - North America - Arctic

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Murdoch’s 1892 engraving of a Point Barrow saw-edged whizzing stick.
Representative — not this record’s object. · Murdoch’s 1892 engraving of a Point Barrow saw-edged whizzing stick. · Public domain Image source

Source term: Bullroarer wolf scarer

Amy B. Jones made this Iñupiaq bullroarer at Kotzebue in 1976 from roots and seal sinew. The National Museum of the American Indian identifies its practical use directly: scaring wolves.

Bullroarer for scaring wolves

National Museum of the American Indian, NMAI_278624 / 26-2512
Object
Bullroarer made by Amy B. Jones in 1976 from roots and seal sinew.
Function
Wolf scarer; non-ritual practical use.
Map confidence
high - Kotzebue community anchor shifted on land because the museum-published regional coordinate fell just offshore of the rendered coastline; not an exact findspot
Source location
NMAI_278624 / catalog 26/2512

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