The Bullroarer Atlas

20 records · Siberia

Bullroarer records — Siberia

Bullroarer record pages from Siberia, 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.

Russia 20

  1. Amur master's bullroarer, Khabarovsk (У Nikolai Nikolaevich, 2005)Amur basin / Khabarovsk krai - Play / practical
  2. Devil's Gate nephrite blades with cord-wearc. 5750–4750 BC - Primorsky Krai, Dalnegorsk district, Russia; Chertovy Vorota (Devil's Gate) cave, Rudnaya culture (c. 5050–4550 BC) - Function not recorded
  3. Chukchi vyutkunen storm howlerChukotka / northeastern Siberia - Weather / fertility magic
  4. Enets posi / vyrvyr wind-calling whirlerTaimyr / lower Yenisei (forest and tundra Enets) - Weather / fertility magic
  5. Even owl-speaking bullroarer North AsiaEast Siberia / northern Yakutia - Sacred / spirit
  6. Amur Evenki wind-summoning rotated aerophoneAmur basin (Priamurye), Russian Far East - Weather / fertility magic
  7. Itelmen Kovran Tigil plate-on-string aerophoneWestern Kamchatka / Kovran and Tigil - Function not recorded
  8. Khanty vot vokhty asking-for-wind whirler (Kazym)Kazym river, Beloyarsky district, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug; dialect terms also from the Salym, Vakh-Vasyugan and Surgut Khanty - Weather / fertility magic
  9. Kondon nephrite blesny / Lower Amur slat-lurec. 3350–3050 BC - Kondon / Kondon-Pochta, Lower Amur, Khabarovsk Krai - Function not recorded
  10. Mal'ta engraved ivory plaque (churinga analogy)c. 22,000–17,000 BC - Irkutsk Oblast, River Belaya; Mal'ta–Buret' culture (Gravettian-age) - Function not recorded
  11. Mansi Shchekurya wind-calling flying boardKhanty-Mansi / Yugra / Berezovsky District - Weather / fertility magic
  12. Nenets northwest Siberia ritual bullroarerNorthwest Siberia - Function not recorded
  13. Nganasan biakhery wind howlerTaimyr Peninsula / Avam tundra - Weather / fertility magic
  14. Novopokrovka / Novopokrovskoe nephrite blesny leadc. 5000–3000 BC - Middle Amur / Amur Oblast; Novopokrovka or Novopokrovskoe route - Function not recorded
  15. Sakha isiirer swung hummerCentral Yakutia - Play / practical
  16. Sakha kuurt / kyugyunei whirrer, Gurvich collection (Zhilinda)Olenek ulus, northwestern Yakutia - Play / practical
  17. Siberian Eskimo eïnètkoutchin bullroarer audio leadChukotka / northeastern Siberia - Play / practical
  18. Teleut herders' swung gudelki (Sheikin school)Bekovo area, Kemerovo Oblast (Teleut homeland, south Siberia) - Play / practical
  19. Tuvan khirilee performance bullroarerTuva - Play / practical
  20. Mongol/Tuvin jada rain-stone bullroarerTuva / Soyot and Mongol-Inner Asian jada-zada complex - Weather / fertility magic