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1947.7.085.2

Solid bronze ball with hole and bar at top for suspension. Possibly part of a hunting bolas. [LM 12/11/2007]

1947.7.085.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Solid bronze ball with hole and bar at top for suspension. Possibly part of a hunting bolas. [LM 12/11/2007]
Geographical reference
Argentina
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Argentina
Catamarca Province
Date
Date collected
1882 - 1886
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1938 Donated: 2002
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Diameter: max 25 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1947.7.085.2 Other numbers: 86 or 87
Research and responses

Similar bronze balls from Peru are described and illustrated in E.F. Mayer (1998) Vorspanische Metallwaffen undf-Werkzeuge in Peru, pp106-7, Pl. 277, where the author suggests their function as hunting bolas. [LM 12/11/2007]

Search terms: Weapon, Hunting, Ball, Bolas

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