Bolas

Museum number:
2-4311
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004311
Alternate number:
x-457 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
7 ivory balls on rawhide, pierced at one end to hold finely twisted grass fiber cord. The ends of the cord are attached to a group of white feathers. The strings are coiled together. Used for duck hunting. Native name: yaqulecuun.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea and North, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Feather (material), Grass (plant material), and Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bolas (projectile weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used in duck hunting.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC31-36 p. 91 Graburn
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4311, described as 7 ivory balls on rawhide, pierced at one end to hold finely twisted grass fiber cord. The ends of the cord are attached to a group of white feathers. The strings are coiled together. Used for duck hunting. Native name: yaqulecuun.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4311, described as 7 ivory balls on rawhide, pierced at one end to hold finely twisted grass fiber cord. The ends of the cord are attached to a group of white feathers. The strings are coiled together. Used for duck hunting. Native name: yaqulecuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4311, described as 7 ivory balls on rawhide, pierced at one end to hold finely twisted grass fiber cord. The ends of the cord are attached to a group of white feathers. The strings are coiled together. Used for duck hunting. Native name: yaqulecuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4311, described as 7 ivory balls on rawhide, pierced at one end to hold finely twisted grass fiber cord. The ends of the cord are attached to a group of white feathers. The strings are coiled together. Used for duck hunting. Native name: yaqulecuun.

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