The Bullroarer Atlas

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

  1. Apalakiri (Kalapalo)Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
  2. ApinayeEastern Brazil - Play / practical
  3. BakairiCentral Brazil - Play / practical
  4. BaniwaLower Rio Içana, Santana, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas - Function not recorded
  5. BororoEastern Brazil - Restricted
  6. Bororo, Kejara (Rio Vermelho, Mato Grosso)Mato Grosso / Rio Vermelho / Aldeia Kejara - Restricted
  7. Canela (Ramkokamekra)Maranhão (Sardinha) - Restricted
  8. CaripunaUpper Madeira - Sacred / spirit
  9. Eastern Timbira - Canella and ChakamekraEastern Brazil - Restricted
  10. Encomendadores do Rio das MortesRio das Mortes district, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
  11. Folia das Almas of ItajuiItajui / Vale da Gurita, Delfinopolis, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
  12. IpurinaAmazon / Purus - Function not recorded
  13. KamaiuráUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
  14. KarajaCentral Brazil - Restricted
  15. KayapoXingu basin, Para/Mato Gro - Function not recorded
  16. KuikuroUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Play / practical
  17. Kulisehu River peoplesUpper Xingu / Kulisehu River - Play / practical
  18. Lagoa das Oncas, Upper Xingu (culture not identified)Upper Xingu / Mato Grosso - Function not recorded
  19. MashacaliEastern Brazil - Restricted
  20. MehinakuCentral Brazil - Restricted
  21. Nahukúá (upper Xingu)Upper Xingu (Steinen expeditions of 1884 and 1887-88) - Function not recorded
  22. Northeastern Brazilian folk (caboclo/sertanejo)Nordeste (sertao); sold at feiras across the region - Play / practical
  23. Porangaba Recomenda das Almas groupsPorangaba / São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
  24. Recomendação das Almas group of São ManuelSão Manuel, São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
  25. Reza Pr'as Almas groups of Morrinhos / PalmitoMorrinhos / rural Palmito, Goiás - Sacred / spirit
  26. SherenteEastern Brazil - Restricted
  27. Shipaya-KuruayaCentral Brazil / lower Xingu - Restricted
  28. Sociedade Renasceriana of Itapecerica / GRERTACUFItapecerica, Minas Gerais - Sacred / spirit
  29. Tembé (Tenetehara), ParáPará/Maranhão (Tenetehara) - Function not recorded
  30. Terno Irmãos PaivaSanto Antônio da Alegria / São Paulo - Sacred / spirit
  31. Ticuna (Tikuna / Magüta)Upper Solimões, Amazonas (between Tabatinga and São Paulo de Olivença) - Restricted
  32. TiriyóParu de Oeste-Marapi basin, Tumucumaque Indigenous Park, Pará - Function not recorded
  33. TrumaiUpper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
  34. Wajãpi / WayãpiOyapock / Amapá and French Guiana - Function not recorded
  35. Wauja (Waurá)Upper Xingu, Mato Grosso - Restricted
  36. XavanteMato Grosso - Function not recorded
  37. Xipaya (Šipáia)Upper Curuá River / Iriri–Xingu, Pará - Restricted

Peru 11

  1. Aguano; Lamisto; TschamikuroNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
  2. Cashinahua (Kaxinawá)Upper Purús/Juruá - Function not recorded
  3. Chapra (Shapra; historical Candoshi-Shapra label)Pushaga-Sicuanga tributaries of the Morona River - Play / practical
  4. Huitoto (source label; subtype unspecified)Peruvian Amazon / Loreto - Play / practical
  5. KampaNortheastern Peru / Montana - Play / practical
  6. KashiboNortheastern Peru - Restricted
  7. KotoNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
  8. MatsigenkaUrubamba River, Ucayali - Function not recorded
  9. Nomatsigenga (Campa Nomatsiguenga)Pangoa and Sonomoro valleys, Satipo, Junin (Selva Central montana) - Function not recorded
  10. PanoboNortheastern Peru - Play / practical
  11. Shipibo-ConiboYarinacocha / Ucayali - Function not recorded

Bolivia 9

  1. CavineñoRio Beni / La Paz-Beni - Play / practical
  2. ChacoboEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
  3. ChimaneEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
  4. Chiquitano, including the Churapa attestationSanta Cruz region, eastern Bolivia - Play / practical
  5. Guaraŝug'wä (exonym Pauserna), Santa Anita villageCampo Grande / Suvivuhu, northern Velasco Province, Santa Cruz Department - Play / practical
  6. GuarayuEastern Bolivia - Play / practical
  7. ItonamaEastern Bolivia - Function not recorded
  8. Wéhnayey / WichíRío Pilcomayo, Provincia Gran Chaco, Tarija - Play / practical
  9. YuracareEastern Bolivia - Play / practical

Colombia 6

  1. Cubeo (Kobeua / Kubeo)Upper Vaupés / Cuduiarí and Querarí rivers - Restricted
  2. Cubeo (Kubeo)Cuduyari River / Vaupes - Sacred / spirit
  3. DesanaVaupés / upper Rio Negro cultural region - Sacred / spirit
  4. Kagaba (Kogi)Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Play / practical
  5. Noanamá (Waunana / Wounaan)Isla de Munguidó, San Juan River, Chocó - Play / practical
  6. Pueblo Kisgo (Kizgo)Manzanal / Resguardo Indigena de Kisgo / Silvia / Cauca - Play / practical

Argentina 4

  1. Eastern Mataco (Wichí), Bermejo RiverGran Chaco / Bermejo River - Play / practical
  2. Mbyá-GuaraníMisiones - Play / practical
  3. 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
  4. VilelaEastern Chaco - Play / practical

Venezuela 4

  1. Piaroa / WothujaMiddle and upper Orinoco / Amazonas - Restricted
  2. PumeLlanos, Venezuela - Function not recorded
  3. SanumáYanomami (Sanumá), upper Orinoco/Caura - Function not recorded
  4. Waika (Yanoama; today’s Yanomami)Upper Orinoco / Mahekodotedi (El Platanal) - Play / practical

Argentina; Paraguay; Bolivia 1

  1. Mataco; Choroti; AshluslayGran Chaco - Play / practical

Bolivia; Argentina; Paraguay 1

  1. Chiriguano and ChaneGran Chaco / Eastern Bolivia - Play / practical

Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela 1

  1. BaniwaNorthwestern Brazil / Rio Negro - Function not recorded

Brazil; Paraguay 1

  1. Mbaya-CaduveoGran Chaco / Paraguay River - Sacred / spirit

Brazil; Peru; Colombia 1

  1. TukunaUpper Amazon - Function not recorded

Chile 1

  1. MapucheAraucanía, Chile - Sacred / spirit

Colombia; Panama 1

  1. ChocoChoco / Darien - Play / practical

Colombia; Venezuela 1

  1. MotilonesCircum-Caribbean / Sierra de Perija - Restricted

Ecuador 1

  1. Atshuana (source spelling)Morona Santiago Province - Play / practical

Guyana 1

  1. WaiwaiEssequibo headwaters - Function not recorded

Peru; Brazil 1

  1. OmaguaNortheastern Peru / Upper Amazon - Play / practical

Peru; Colombia 1

  1. BoraNorthwestern Amazon / Peru - Play / practical

Suriname; French Guiana; Brazil 1

  1. Oayana (Wayana), Guiana borderlandsLitani, Paloemeu-Tapanahoni, Jari and Paru borderlands - Sacred / spirit

Suriname; Guyana; French Guiana 1

  1. CaribGuiana / Circum-Caribbean - Restricted