Object name: Bolas / Collection place: Northwestern United States

Museum number:: 2-5939
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Bolas (projectile weapons)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: one stone— height 1.5 centimeters, one stone— length 6.5 centimeters, and one stone— width 2.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Bering Sea and North, Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 2-4312
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Bolas (projectile weapons) and Plaited weaving
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: whole— length 65 centimeters, bolas— circumference 4.8 centimeters, cord— diameter 0.07 centimeters, bolas— diameter 2 centimeters, bolas— circumference 3.4 centimeters, and bolas— diameter 2.4 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Bering Sea and North, Alaska

Museum number:: 2-4317
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Bolas (projectile weapons)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: whole— circumference 1.1 meters, bolas— diameter 1.5 centimeters, string— diameter 0.1 centimeters, bolas— length 4.4 centimeters, and bolas— width 2.9 centimeters
Collector:: Rudolph Neumann
Collection place:: Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough

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