The Bullroarer Atlas

Records by area · 101 records

Bullroarer records — South America

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.

Shared traditions: The Americas · North America · Amazonia · Upper Xingu

Argentina 9

  1. Four cord-whirlers at Alero de los Jinetesc. 1573–1625 AD · Sierras del Norte / Cerro Colorado, Cordoba Province · Play / practical
  2. Mapuche furfúrwe rain-whirler, Lagunita Salada, ChubutLagunita Salada, Gastre Department, Chubut (northern Patagonian steppe) · Weather / fertility magic
  3. Eastern Mataco bullroarer, Bermejo RiverGran Chaco / Bermejo River · Play / practical
  4. Mbyá-Guaraní waimí kerambú bamboo bullroarer, MisionesMisiones · Play / practical
  5. Northern Patagonia engraved-plaque churinga analoguec. 2200 BC–present · Northern Patagonia / Pampa / Bahia San Blas and related plaque-hacha find regions · Sacred / spirit
  6. Copacabana incised stone bullroarerc. 200 BC · Copacabana / Tinogasta Department / Catamarca · Function not recorded
  7. Pair of incised stone bullroarersc. 200 BC · Catamarca / Northwest Argentina · Function not recorded
  8. Vilela kiré ajlipié bullroarer, eastern ChacoEastern Chaco · Play / practical
  9. Llullaillaco Spondylus buzzing plaquesc. 1462–1507 AD · Inca Empire, Collasuyu / Puna de Atacama, Salta Province · Sacred / spirit

Argentina; Paraguay; Bolivia 1

  1. Mataco, Choroti and Ashluslay toy bullroarersGran Chaco · Play / practical

Bolivia 11

  1. Cavineño Río Beni bullroarer toyRio Beni / La Paz-Beni · Play / practical
  2. Chacobo toyEastern Bolivia · Play / practical
  3. Kakabaje against enchantmentEastern Bolivia · Sacred / spirit
  4. Chiquitano / Churapa bullroarersSanta Cruz region, eastern Bolivia · Play / practical
  5. Guaraŝug'wä ivirapähĩm̃'ne bullroarer, Santa AnitaCampo Grande / Suvivuhu, northern Velasco Province, Santa Cruz Department · Play / practical
  6. Guarayu toyEastern Bolivia · Play / practical
  7. Itonama Machupo long-cord bladeRio Machupo · Function not recorded
  8. Itonama bullroarerEastern Bolivia · Function not recorded
  9. Tiwanaku stone bullroarerc. AD 180–1100 · Tiwanaku archaeological complex, La Paz Department, Bolivian Altiplano (reportedly) · Function not recorded
  10. Wéhnayey jwim-jwim children's whirring toyRío Pilcomayo, Provincia Gran Chaco, Tarija · Play / practical
  11. Yuracaré boys' bullroarerEastern Bolivia · Play / practical

Bolivia; Argentina; Paraguay 1

  1. Chiriguano and Chané toyGran Chaco / Eastern Bolivia · Play / practical

Brazil 40

  1. Kalapalo matapu, hidden from womenUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso · Restricted
  2. Apinayé me-galo soul-ghost toyEastern Brazil · Play / practical
  3. Bakairi and Nahuquá upper-Xingu bullroarersCentral Brazil · Play / practical
  4. Two complete Baniwa roarer rigsLower Rio Içana, Santana, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas · Function not recorded
  5. Taracuá toy roarer, handle and allTaracuá, Rio Uaupés · Play / practical
  6. Bororo - São Lourenço and Eastern BrazilEastern Brazil · Restricted
  7. Aige, voice of the Bororo deadMato Grosso / Rio Vermelho / Aldeia Kejara · Restricted
  8. Canela pimpó, the pepye's night alarmMaranhão (Sardinha) · Restricted
  9. Caripuna upper-Madeira funeral bullroarerUpper Madeira · Sacred / spirit
  10. Eastern Timbira - Canela and ChakamekraEastern Brazil · Restricted
  11. Rio das Mortes São João del-Rei MG berra-boiRio das Mortes district, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais · Sacred / spirit
  12. Itajuí Folia das Almas berra-boiItajui / Vale da Gurita, Delfinopolis, Minas Gerais · Sacred / spirit
  13. Ipurina fish-shaped bullroarerAmazon / Purus · Function not recorded
  14. Parapara and uriwuri, female and maleUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso · Restricted
  15. Karajá mask-dance bullroarerCentral Brazil · Restricted
  16. Kayapo buzzing tubeXingu basin, Para/Mato Gro · Function not recorded
  17. Kuikuro roarer swung in the openUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso · Play / practical
  18. Kulisehu River toy bullroarer and sacred fluteUpper Xingu / Kulisehu River · Play / practical
  19. Lagoa das Onças ceramic zumbidorc. 1000–1600 AD · Upper Xingu / Mato Grosso · Function not recorded
  20. Mashacali initiation bullroarersEastern Brazil · Restricted
  21. Maxakali panandóad voice-of-the-dead rigItanhém region, Minas Gerais / Bahia borderlands · Restricted
  22. Matapu before the marketCentral Brazil · Restricted
  23. Nahukúá Little LightningUpper Xingu (Steinen expeditions of 1884 and 1887-88) · Play / practical
  24. Nahuquä matavu fish-form bullroarerKulisehu (Curisevo) river, Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso · Play / practical
  25. Nordeste Brazil folk rói-rói (zunidor)Nordeste (sertao); sold at feiras across the region · Play / practical
  26. Porangaba São Paulo vumvum berra-boiPorangaba / São Paulo · Sacred / spirit
  27. São Manuel berra-boiSão Manuel, São Paulo · Sacred / spirit
  28. Morrinhos / rural Palmito berra-boiMorrinhos / rural Palmito, Goiás · Sacred / spirit
  29. Sherente - Hieparo-wawe bullroarerEastern Brazil · Restricted
  30. Itapecerica MG Week of Sorrows berra-boiItapecerica, Minas Gerais · Sacred / spirit
  31. Tembé (Tenetehara) bullroarer, Pará, 1957Rio Acará, eastern Pará · Function not recorded
  32. Santo Antônio da Alegria São Paulo berra-boiSanto Antônio da Alegria / São Paulo · Sacred / spirit
  33. Mare, the great roaring dinUpper Solimões, Amazonas (between Tabatinga and São Paulo de Olivença) · Restricted
  34. Tarëno roarer of the Paru de OesteParu de Oeste-Marapi basin, Tumucumaque Indigenous Park, Pará · Function not recorded
  35. Trumai kuth / huri huri bullroarer, Upper XinguUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso · Restricted
  36. Upper Xingu painted toy bladeUpper Xingu River / Mato Grosso · Play / practical
  37. Wayãpi ancestral rhombe, Oyapock-Amapá regionOyapock / Amapá and French Guiana · Sacred / spirit
  38. The women who made matapuUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso · Restricted
  39. Xingu yellow-banded giantXingu River, Mato Grosso · Function not recorded
  40. Xipaya warī warī sámį, Curuá RiverUpper Curuá River / Iriri–Xingu, Pará · Restricted

Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela 1

  1. Baniwa bullroarer in Jurupari countryNorthwestern Brazil / Rio Negro · Function not recorded

Brazil; Paraguay 1

  1. Mbaya-Caduveo funeral and toy bullroarerGran Chaco / Paraguay River · Sacred / spirit

Brazil; Peru; Colombia 1

  1. Tukuna brinquedo do cão, the devil's playthingUpper Amazon · Play / practical

Chile 2

  1. Furfurcabue, whirled against evil spiritsAraucanía, Chile · Sacred / spirit
  2. Concón copper-and-slate plate pendantsc. AD 500–1000 · Site ENAP-3, Concón, on low hills behind the ENAP oil refinery, bordering the Aconcagua Valley, central Chile · Function not recorded

Colombia 6

  1. Cubeo (Kobeua / Kubeo)Upper Vaupés / Cuduiarí and Querarí rivers · Restricted
  2. Cubeo stone bullroarer, Cuduyari RiverCuduyari River / Vaupes · Sacred / spirit
  3. Desana nurá-mee bullroarer, VaupésVaupés / upper Rio Negro cultural region · Sacred / spirit
  4. Kogi seibuká, the boys’ playthingSierra Nevada de Santa Marta · Play / practical
  5. Noanamá (Waunana / Wounaan)Isla de Munguidó, San Juan River, Chocó · Play / practical
  6. Kisgo Manzanal bird-call zumbadorManzanal / Resguardo Indigena de Kisgo / Silvia / Cauca · Play / practical

Colombia; Panama 1

  1. Chocó toy and spirit-protection bullroarerChoco / Darien · Play / practical

Colombia; Venezuela 1

  1. Motilones ritual bullroarerCircum-Caribbean / Sierra de Perija · Restricted

Ecuador 1

  1. Atshuana pumbuentzade, Morona SantiagoMorona Santiago Province · Play / practical

Guyana 1

  1. Waiwai roarer of two turtle shellsEssequibo headwaters · Function not recorded

Paraguay 1

  1. Nivaclé pale Chaco bladeGuachalla, Pilcomayo region · Play / practical

Paraguay; Bolivia 1

  1. Ayoreo palo zumbador, one of threeChaco Boreal · Play / practical

Peru 14

  1. Aguano, Lamisto and Tschamikuro toy bullroarersNortheastern Peru · Play / practical
  2. Aymara child's bull-roarer, ChucuitoChucuito, Puno — northwestern Lake Titicaca basin · Play / practical
  3. Campa meromero jaguar bullroarerPerené-Tambo drainages, Selva Central montaña (Tessmann's Kampa area) · Play / practical
  4. Cashinahua spear-point asuUpper Purús/Juruá · Function not recorded
  5. Chapra / Shapra palo zumbador Morona basinPushaga-Sicuanga tributaries of the Morona River · Play / practical
  6. Huitoto Peruvian Amazon feather bullroarerPeruvian Amazon / Loreto · Play / practical
  7. Kashibo taī, the voice of thunderNortheastern Peru · Restricted
  8. Koto wigo toyNortheastern Peru · Play / practical
  9. Matsigenka roarers made for childrenUrubamba River, Ucayali · Sacred / spirit
  10. Ancon perforated bone lathsc. 200 BC–AD 1550 · Lima Region / Ancon necropolis (no period assigned) · Function not recorded
  11. Nomatsigenga palo zumbador PangoaPangoa and Sonomoro valleys, Satipo, Junin (Selva Central montana) · Function not recorded
  12. Panobo reo reo toyNortheastern Peru · Play / practical
  13. Shipibo-Conibo palo zumbador YarinacochaYarinacocha / Ucayali · Function not recorded
  14. Three Vicús stone buzzing plaquesc. 500 BC–AD 400 · Piura region / far north coast; Vicús culture area · Function not recorded

Peru; Brazil 1

  1. Omagua former child-frightening bullroarerNortheastern Peru / Upper Amazon · Play / practical

Peru; Colombia 1

  1. Bora tsíxtsi children's toyNorthwestern Amazon / Peru · Play / practical

Suriname; French Guiana; Brazil 1

  1. Oayana (Wayana) yolok eu calabash bullroarerLitani, Paloemeu-Tapanahoni, Jari and Paru borderlands · Sacred / spirit

Suriname; Guyana; French Guiana 1

  1. Wun-wun clears the healer’s nightGuiana / Circum-Caribbean · Restricted

Venezuela 4

  1. Piaroa / Wothuja Imu-chuwo Warime bullroarerMiddle and upper Orinoco / Amazonas · Restricted
  2. Pume calabash disc on nylon stringLlanos, Venezuela · Function not recorded
  3. Triangular Sanumá blade painted in yellowYanomami (Sanumá), upper Orinoco/Caura · Function not recorded
  4. Waika alabaco, MahekodotediUpper Orinoco / Mahekodotedi (El Platanal) · Play / practical