Bolas

Museum number:
16-19994
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Accession number:
Acc.4401
Description:
Bolas ("boleadors"); three heavy yellowish leather balls attached to braided leather ropes; surface of one ball polished and the other two rough; leather untanned; diameter 6–6.5 cm; length of rope: 82 cm.
Donor:
Norma Hill
Collection place:
Argentina
Verbatim coll. place:
Argentina unspecified (purchased in Buenos Aires)
Collector:
Norma Hill
Collection date:
February 1989
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bolas (projectile weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
For animal hunting.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 16-19994, described as Bolas ("boleadors"); three heavy yellowish leather balls attached to braided leather ropes; surface of one ball polished and the other two rough; leather untanned; diameter 6–6.5 cm; length of rope: 82 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 16-19994, described as Bolas ("boleadors"); three heavy yellowish leather balls attached to braided leather ropes; surface of one ball polished and the other two rough; leather untanned; diameter 6–6.5 cm; length of rope: 82 cm.

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