Bolas, leather rope, two weights (stones ?) enclosed in leather on either end.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Patagonia, Argentina
Verbatim coll. place:
Patagonia, Argentina
Collector:
François L. A. Pioche
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bolas (projectile weapons)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
One thong broken in half 1 inch above smallest stone May 4, 1967, in Technology class.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #56: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 27, 1962–March 27, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1966-1967 #102: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (May 3, 1967–May 3, 1967), S1966-1967 #103: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 4, 1967–May 4, 1967), and S1967-1968 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 17, 1967–November 17, 1967)