The Bullroarer Atlas

34 records · East Asia

Bullroarer records — East Asia

Bullroarer record pages from East Asia, grouped by present-day country. Each page keeps the record text, source line, image credit, and a link back to the same point on the interactive map.

China 11

  1. Beifudi jade blade, sacrificial precinctc. 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. Jade insect-head pendant pairc. 4500–3000 BC - Chaoyang, Liaoning; typologically attributed to the Hamin Mangha type of Hongshan culture - Function not recorded
  4. Incised-eye jade insect-head pendantc. 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. Two Xiaonanshan jade blades, one piercedc. 7250–6650 BC - Raohe County, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang; Xiaonanshan site on the Ussuri River, early jade horizon (c. 7250–6650 BC) - Function not recorded
  8. Xibenbaoleng jade blades at the waistc. 6250–5450 BC - Bairin Right Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia; Xibenbaoleng tomb, Xinglongwa culture (c. 6250–5450 BC) - Function not recorded
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Yi Nisu Hecamo tatu pine ritual noisemakerYunnan / Ailao Mountains / Xinping - Sacred / spirit

Japan 18

  1. Ainu rera-suyep wind-raising bullroarerHokkaido / Tokachi - Weather / fertility magic
  2. Five perforated axes with rubbed holesc. 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 broken axes reground and piercedc. 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

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