The Bullroarer Atlas

Records by area · 35 records

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 12

  1. Beifudi jade blade, sacrificial precinctc. 6050–5050 BC · Yixian County, Baoding, Hebei; Beifudi site, Phase 1 (c. 6050–5050 BC), Taihang piedmont · Function not recorded
  2. Chahai's thirteen jade bladesc. 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. Lanzhou wooden-plaque niuhouGansu / Lanzhou, upper Yellow River · Play / practical
  6. Niudaokou jade blade at the southern limitc. 6050–5050 BC · Niudaokou, Baodi District, Tianjin, China · Function not recorded
  7. Niuheliang white-jade boardc. 3500–3000 BC · Niuheliang Locality 5, Chaoyang, Liaoning; late Hongshan culture · Function not recorded
  8. 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
  9. 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
  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. 6250–5450 BC · Aohan Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia; Xinglongwa site, type-site of the Xinglongwa culture (c. 6250–5450 BC) · Function not recorded
  12. Yi Nisu Hechamo 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, two with rubbed holesc. 5550–5050 BC · Aomori/Hokkaido comparative corpus; Aomori Kiyou 30 Fig. 7 and Nakano B crosswalk · Function not recorded
  3. Endō 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 Jōmon Japanc. 5050–4550 BC · Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, Hokuriku (Honshu), Japan; Kuwano site, Early Jomon (c. 5050–4550 BC) · Function not recorded
  8. Miharadajō 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 trapezoid pendant of imported sandstoneUndated · 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. Rokutanda Minami jade-workshop pendantc. 3520–2470 BC · Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan; Rokkanda Minami site · Function not recorded
  14. Sannai-Maruyama tapering greenstone pendantc. 3950–3520 BC · Aomori, Japan; Sannai-Maruyama official object 9530 · Function not recorded
  15. Sannai-Maruyama poem-card pendantsc. 3950–2250 BC · Aomori, Japan; Sannai-Maruyama site, Jomon · Function not recorded
  16. Usukubo stone 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 hera-shaped pendantc. 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