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1886.1.666

Bolas of five egg-shaped bone weights attached to fine lines of plaited sinews tied together at end to a bunch feathers. [MJD 23/11/2009]

1886.1.666

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bolas of five egg-shaped bone weights attached to fine lines of plaited sinews tied together at end to a bunch feathers. [MJD 23/11/2009]
Long description
Bolas of five egg-shaped bone weights attached to fine lines of plaited sinews tied together at end to a bunch of feathers. The bunch of quills of small feathers form a handle. [MJD 23/11/2009]
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1826, uncertain Date made: 1826, uncertain
Date collected
1826
Acquisition information
Transferred: 11/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Animal Bone, Material Animal Sinew, Material Bird Feather, Process Plaited, Process Tied, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length 30 mm weight, Width: max 70 mm, Length: max 510 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.666 Other numbers: 357
Research and responses

This object does not appear in the list of Beechey objects in Collectors Miscellaneous XI 71 - 75 [AP 20/7/99]

Please note that there was no further information about Beechey on the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities. [L.Ph 23/3/2004]

Search terms: Weapon, Hunting, Bolas, Sling, Hunting accessory

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