Bolas

Museum number:
2-4317
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
#381 (original number, Neumann) and x-463 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bola, native name: yaqulegcuun. 4 soft grey stones (2 bipointed, 2 rounded triangles), on sinew cordage. Remnants feathers. Two missile and two conical shaped pieces made of grey stone, drilled at one end and attached to finely twisted sinew thread. Ends of cord attached to feather, strings coiled. Used to hunt birds.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Materials:
Feather (material), Sinew (material), and Stone (worked rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bolas (projectile weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to hunt birds
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— circumference 1.1 meters, string— diameter 0.1 centimeters, bolas— width 2.9 centimeters, bolas— diameter 1.5 centimeters, and bolas— length 4.4 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC31-34 p. 93 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4317, described as Bola, native name: yaqulegcuun. 4 soft grey stones (2 bipointed, 2 rounded triangles), on sinew cordage. Remnants feathers. Two missile and two conical shaped pieces made of grey stone, drilled at one end and attached to finely twisted sinew thread. Ends of cord attached to feather, strings coiled. Used to hunt birds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4317, described as Bola, native name: yaqulegcuun. 4 soft grey stones (2 bipointed, 2 rounded triangles), on sinew cordage. Remnants feathers. Two missile and two conical shaped pieces made of grey stone, drilled at one end and attached to finely twisted sinew thread. Ends of cord attached to feather, strings coiled. Used to hunt birds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4317, described as Bola, native name: yaqulegcuun. 4 soft grey stones (2 bipointed, 2 rounded triangles), on sinew cordage. Remnants feathers. Two missile and two conical shaped pieces made of grey stone, drilled at one end and attached to finely twisted sinew thread. Ends of cord attached to feather, strings coiled. Used to hunt birds.

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