No. OKADA2010-001
Matsés (Mayoruna) fish-shaped zunidor toy
Brazil · Vale do Javari, upper Jaquirana and Javari rivers, Amazonas · South America
Play / practical
Source term: zunidor
zunidor: Portuguese, 'hummer', the general Brazilian word for a bullroarer; the source gives no Matsés name.
Among the Matsés, the people Brazilians call Mayoruna, who live along the Jaquirana and Javari rivers on the border with Peru, children make the zunidor together: a piece of wood carved in the shape of a fish, tied by one end to a cord. Whirled fast, the fish turns on the air and sings.
basta que as crianças girem o cordão rapidamente e o atrito do ar provocará a rotação da madeira, que por sua vez produzirá um som
the children need only whirl the cord fast, and the friction of the air turns the wood, which in turn makes a sound
Okada & Barreto c. 2010, p. 219
Particulars
- Object
- A fish-shaped piece of wood tied to a cord at one end.
- Function
- A children's toy.
Source
Elisabete Candido Rodrigues Okada and Selva Maria Guimarães Barreto, 'Vivenciando os jogos e brincadeiras indígenas na educação infantil' (São Carlos: UFSCar, c. 2010), p. 219