85 records · South America
Bullroarer records — South America
Source-backed bullroarer record pages from South 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.
Brazil 37
- Apalakiri (Kalapalo)Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
- ApinayeEastern Brazil - Play / practical
- BakairiCentral Brazil - Play / practical
- BaniwaLower Rio Içana, Santana, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas - Function not recorded
- BororoEastern Brazil - Restricted
- Bororo, Kejara (Rio Vermelho, Mato Grosso)Mato Grosso / Rio Vermelho / Aldeia Kejara - Restricted
- Canela (Ramkokamekra)Maranhão (Sardinha) - Restricted
- CaripunaUpper Madeira - Sacred / spirit
- Eastern Timbira - Canella and ChakamekraEastern Brazil - Restricted
- Encomendadores do Rio das MortesRio das Mortes district, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
- Folia das Almas of ItajuiItajui / Vale da Gurita, Delfinopolis, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
- IpurinaAmazon / Purus - Function not recorded
- KamaiuráUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
- KarajaCentral Brazil - Restricted
- KayapoXingu basin, Para/Mato Gro - Function not recorded
- KuikuroUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Play / practical
- Kulisehu River peoplesUpper Xingu / Kulisehu River - Play / practical
- Lagoa das Oncas, Upper Xingu (culture not identified)Upper Xingu / Mato Grosso - Function not recorded
- MashacaliEastern Brazil - Restricted
- MehinakuCentral Brazil - Restricted
- Nahukúá (upper Xingu)Upper Xingu (Steinen expeditions of 1884 and 1887-88) - Function not recorded
- Northeastern Brazilian folk (caboclo/sertanejo)Nordeste (sertao); sold at feiras across the region - Play / practical
- Porangaba Recomenda das Almas groupsPorangaba / São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
- Recomendação das Almas group of São ManuelSão Manuel, São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
- Reza Pr'as Almas groups of Morrinhos / PalmitoMorrinhos / rural Palmito, Goiás - Sacred / spirit
- SherenteEastern Brazil - Restricted
- Shipaya-KuruayaCentral Brazil / lower Xingu - Restricted
- Sociedade Renasceriana of Itapecerica / GRERTACUFItapecerica, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
- Tembé (Tenetehara), ParáPará/Maranhão (Tenetehara) - Function not recorded
- Terno Irmãos PaivaSanto Antônio da Alegria / São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
- Ticuna (Tikuna / Magüta)Upper Solimões, Amazonas (between Tabatinga and São Paulo de Olivença) - Restricted
- TiriyóParu de Oeste-Marapi basin, Tumucumaque Indigenous Park, Pará - Function not recorded
- TrumaiUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
- Wajãpi / WayãpiOyapock / Amapá and French Guiana - Function not recorded
- Wauja (Waurá)Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
- XavanteMato Grosso - Function not recorded
- Xipaya (Šipáia)Upper Curuá River / Iriri–Xingu, Pará - Restricted
Peru 11
- Aguano; Lamisto; TschamikuroNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
- Cashinahua (Kaxinawá)Upper Purús/Juruá - Function not recorded
- Chapra (Shapra; historical Candoshi-Shapra label)Pushaga-Sicuanga tributaries of the Morona River - Play / practical
- Huitoto (source label; subtype unspecified)Peruvian Amazon / Loreto - Play / practical
- KampaNortheastern Peru / Montana - Play / practical
- KashiboNortheastern Peru - Restricted
- KotoNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
- MatsigenkaUrubamba River, Ucayali - Function not recorded
- Nomatsigenga (Campa Nomatsiguenga)Pangoa and Sonomoro valleys, Satipo, Junin (Selva Central montana) - Function not recorded
- PanoboNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
- Shipibo-ConiboYarinacocha / Ucayali - Function not recorded
Bolivia 9
- CavineñoRio Beni / La Paz-Beni - Play / practical
- ChacoboEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
- ChimaneEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
- Chiquitano, including the Churapa attestationSanta Cruz region, eastern Bolivia - Play / practical
- Guaraŝug'wä (exonym Pauserna), Santa Anita villageCampo Grande / Suvivuhu, northern Velasco Province, Santa Cruz Department - Play / practical
- GuarayuEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
- ItonamaEastern Bolivia - Function not recorded
- Wéhnayey / WichíRío Pilcomayo, Provincia Gran Chaco, Tarija - Play / practical
- YuracareEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
Colombia 6
- Cubeo (Kobeua / Kubeo)Upper Vaupés / Cuduiarí and Querarí rivers - Restricted
- Cubeo (Kubeo)Cuduyari River / Vaupes - Sacred / spirit
- DesanaVaupés / upper Rio Negro cultural region - Sacred / spirit
- Kagaba (Kogi)Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Play / practical
- Noanamá (Waunana / Wounaan)Isla de Munguidó, San Juan River, Chocó - Play / practical
- Pueblo Kisgo (Kizgo)Manzanal / Resguardo Indigena de Kisgo / Silvia / Cauca - Play / practical
Argentina 4
- Eastern Mataco (Wichí), Bermejo RiverGran Chaco / Bermejo River - Play / practical
- Mbyá-GuaraníMisiones - Play / practical
- Northern Patagonia / Tehuelche-Gunun a Kena / Patagonian-Pampas plaque-hacha corpusc. 2200 BCE–present - Northern Patagonia / Pampa / Bahia San Blas and related plaque-hacha find regions - Sacred / spirit
- VilelaEastern Chaco - Play / practical
Venezuela 4
- Piaroa / WothujaMiddle and upper Orinoco / Amazonas - Restricted
- PumeLlanos, Venezuela - Function not recorded
- SanumáYanomami (Sanumá), upper Orinoco/Caura - Function not recorded
- Waika (Yanoama; today’s Yanomami)Upper Orinoco / Mahekodotedi (El Platanal) - Play / practical
Argentina; Paraguay; Bolivia 1
- Mataco; Choroti; AshluslayGran Chaco - Play / practical
Bolivia; Argentina; Paraguay 1
- Chiriguano and ChaneGran Chaco / Eastern Bolivia - Play / practical
Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela 1
- BaniwaNorthwestern Brazil / Rio Negro - Function not recorded
Brazil; Paraguay 1
- Mbaya-CaduveoGran Chaco / Paraguay River - Sacred / spirit
Brazil; Peru; Colombia 1
- TukunaUpper Amazon - Function not recorded
Chile 1
- MapucheAraucanía, Chile - Sacred / spirit
Colombia; Panama 1
- ChocoChoco / Darien - Play / practical
Colombia; Venezuela 1
- MotilonesCircum-Caribbean / Sierra de Perija - Restricted
Ecuador 1
- Atshuana (source spelling)Morona Santiago Province - Play / practical
Guyana 1
- WaiwaiEssequibo headwaters - Function not recorded
Peru; Brazil 1
- OmaguaNortheastern Peru / Upper Amazon - Play / practical
Peru; Colombia 1
- BoraNorthwestern Amazon / Peru - Play / practical
Suriname; French Guiana; Brazil 1
- Oayana (Wayana), Guiana borderlandsLitani, Paloemeu-Tapanahoni, Jari and Paru borderlands - Sacred / spirit
Suriname; Guyana; French Guiana 1
- CaribGuiana / Circum-Caribbean - Restricted