Bola; triple ball heads, 38 inches long. Used by gouchos in pampas of Argentina for hunting (bringing down ostriches, cattle, etc.) Used in cattle and horse drives.
Donor:
Theo H. Crook
Collection place:
Argentina
Verbatim coll. place:
Argentina
Collector:
Theo H. Crook
Collection date:
1922
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bolas (projectile weapons)
Accession date:
1960
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1971-1972 #4: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 12, 1971–July 26, 1971) and S2009-2010 #2: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (August 5, 2009–January 22, 2010)