The Bullroarer Atlas

239 records · North America

Bullroarer records — North America

Bullroarer record pages from North America, 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.

Canada 51

  1. Kinngait bone-and-sinew noisemakerNunavut / 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. Dakelh slat with no recorded useBritish 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 birch blade in crayonLabrador / 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 roarer of the Wolf RitualNootka 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 noise-maker or box lidMaritime Canada - Function not recorded
  33. Calling the Cree wind brothersMoose Factory, James Bay, - Weather / fertility magic
  34. Mushuau Innu notched bone roarerLabrador - 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. Annoresiut, named for the windNunavut / 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 wind-bringerCross 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

Canada / United States 1

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

Greenland 3

  1. Clavering Island Site D bladec. 1600–1800 AD - Northeast Greenland / Clavering Island - Function not recorded
  2. Tunumiit imitita, a child's toyAmmassalik district, Groenland oriental (East Greenland) - Play / practical
  3. Clavering Island Site C bladec. 1600–1800 AD - Northeast Greenland / Tunu - Function not recorded

Mexico 10

  1. Bahia de Los Angeles cave findc. 1500–1800 AD - Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California - Function not recorded
  2. Seri paired ironwood bladesBahia 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 blade, bare essentialsMesbilja, Oxchuc, Chiapas - Function not recorded
  6. Otomi Holy Week whirling drumTexcatepec, Veracruz - Play / practical
  7. Xilatzen diable roarerHuasteca / 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

United States 173

  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. Bowers Cave cache of twelve roarersc. AD 1150–1800 - California / Los Angeles County / Castaic Cave - Sacred / spirit
  19. Yen' wihǝre, wind turnsSouth 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. Tzi-ditindi, cut from lightning-struck pineArizona - 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. Oraibi To-Wok-Kin-Pi bladeOraibi / Third Mesa, Arizona - Function not recorded
  54. Hopi bullroarer, SongoopaviArizona / Hopi Reservation / Second Mesa / Songoopavi (Shongopovi) - Sacred / spirit
  55. Hopi thunder-stick bullroarer, MishongnoviArizona / Hopi Reservation / Second Mesa / Mishongnovi (Musangnuvi) - Weather / fertility magic
  56. Shipaulovi Hopi tovolpi (KHM Oslo UEM13727)Second Mesa, Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  57. Rustler Hills infant-burial bull-roarerBefore c. 1100 AD - Trans-Pecos Texas (Rustler Hills, Culberson County) - Function not recorded
  58. Chankabletuntunpi, a Lakota boy's toyNorth/South Dakota (Standing Rock) - Play / practical
  59. Hurricane Deck cave bullroarers (Santa Barbara County)Before c. AD 1770 - California / Santa Barbara County / Hurricane Deck - Function not recorded
  60. Inland Yuki thunder-voice bullroarerRound Valley, Mendocino County - Restricted
  61. Iñupiaq wolf-scarer, roots and sinewAlaska / Kotzebue Sound - Play / practical
  62. Point Hope Inupiaq wolfscarer Crossroads AlaskaAlaska / Point Hope - Play / practical
  63. Wainwright Inupiaq Imigluktaaq bullroarerWainwright, North Slope, Alaska - Play / practical
  64. Inyo County denticulated toy bullroarerCalifornia / Inyo County - Play / practical
  65. Jemez roarer kept in silenceJemez Pueblo, New Mexico - Function not recorded
  66. 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
  67. Kaibab Southern Paiute-attributed bullroarer whirrersArizona Strip / Kaibab Indian Reservation, northern Arizona - Weather / fertility magic
  68. Kalispel bull-roarerPend Oreille River, northeastern Washington - Play / practical
  69. Kamia roarer in toloache countryImperial Valley, California - Function not recorded
  70. Incised Karuk bone roarerKlamath River, California - Function not recorded
  71. 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
  72. Kiowa bullroarer word (Harrington 1928)Kiowa Agency / Anadarko, Oklahoma - Function not recorded
  73. Kittitas bull-roarerKittitas Valley, Yakima River, central Washington - Weather / fertility magic
  74. Klamath wind bullroarerOregon / Klamath region - Play / practical
  75. Koasati Coushatta Bel Abbey bull roarerLouisiana / Allen Parish / Bayou Blue near Elton - Play / practical
  76. Kuipa-dokado wimo'to of the Humboldt SinkLower Humboldt River and Humboldt Sink, north-central Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  77. Kuyui-dokado wimo'toPyramid Lake and the lower Truckee River, western Nevada - Weather / fertility magic
  78. Navajo Reservoir rockshelter bullroarerc. 1500–1690 AD - New Mexico / Navajo Reservoir district (upper San Juan Basin) - Function not recorded
  79. Laguna Pueblo oyamamuts whizzerLaguna (Kawaik) Pueblo / Cibola County / New Mexico - Weather / fertility magic
  80. Lake MiwokCoyote Valley and the south end of Clear Lake, Lake County, north-central California (around present-day Middletown) - Restricted
  81. Lida Shoshoni bullroarerLida, Esmeralda County, Nevada - Function not recorded
  82. Lovelock Cave paired pendantsc. 1000 BC–AD 300 - Humboldt Valley, Nevada (Great Basin; historic Northern Paiute context) - Function not recorded
  83. Luiseno assembly-signal bullroarerCalifornia - Restricted
  84. Maidu child-toy bullroarerNorthern California - Play / practical
  85. Makah Klokali wolf-ritual roarerCape Flattery, Washington - Restricted
  86. Mattaponi, the eastern seaboard exceptionVirginia / King William County - Function not recorded
  87. Mattocks bowl bullroarer scenec. 1000–1150 AD - Mimbres Valley / Grant County, New Mexico - Function not recorded
  88. Mesa Grande Diegueño bullroarer (image withheld)California / San Diego County / Mesa Grande Reservation - Sacred / spirit
  89. Mesa Prieta horned figureUndated - New Mexico / northern Rio Grande / Mesa Prieta - Function not recorded
  90. Moanunts Ute wind-making bullroarerSalina Canyon / upper Sevier valley, central Utah - Weather / fertility magic
  91. Blue River painted whizzerc. AD 1000–1130 - Bear Creek Cave / Blue River / upper Gila, Arizona - Sacred / spirit
  92. Mohave roarer without a cultColorado River, Arizona/California - Function not recorded
  93. Mono assembly and curing bullroarerCalifornia / Great Basin - Sacred / spirit
  94. Mountain Cahuilla jimsonweed bullroarerCalifornia / Southwest - Restricted
  95. Mowataviwatsiu Ute wind-stopping bullroarerSaguache / San Luis Valley, Colorado - Weather / fertility magic
  96. Mowatci Ute wind-and-cloud bullroarerRio Grande headwaters near Conejos, Colorado, and northeastern New Mexico - Weather / fertility magic
  97. Muscogee Creek fohfokv bull-roarer gameOklahoma / Eufaula / eastern Oklahoma - Play / practical
  98. Muwu cache of three bullroarersc. 1500–1800 AD - California / Ventura County / Mugu Lagoon-Point Mugu - Sacred / spirit
  99. Nanticoke Indian River whirligig bullroarerDelaware / Sussex County / Indian River Hundred - 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. Pa-doch, voice of Thunder manNorthern 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 serrated blade and handleOld Town (Indian Island), Maine - Function not recorded
  115. Wihoewiketeke, the red-zigzag Pima bladeFunction 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 roarer, a recent arrivalLower Colorado River, Arizona - Play / practical
  120. Quinault toy bullroarerWashington coast - Play / practical
  121. Rappahannock blade of tidewater VirginiaVirginia - 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 roarer among bear caninesc. 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. Norman Plante's rawhide roarerNorth 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. Saint Michael ivory-and-hide bladeAlaska / Norton Sound - Play / practical
  172. Zia Pueblo haomomo bullroarerZia Pueblo / Sandoval County / New Mexico - Sacred / spirit
  173. Zuni ritual-warning bullroarerPueblo / Southwest - Sacred / spirit

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