Donor Name:

Roderick R. MacFarlane  Search this

Culture:

Eskimo, Inuit, Inuvialuk (Inuvialuit)  Search this

Object Type:

Bola

Place:

Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Accession Date:

7 Jan 1869

Notes:

From card: "Bone Implements for gambling?"

Throwing weapon for birds: ducks and geese. Bolas were also sometimes used for sport. See remarks for E63258 for more information.

Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/207 , retrieved 1-28-2020: Bolas with eight weights made from antler and braided sinew cords. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/68: The bolas is a throwing implement made of several interconnected and weighted cords. It is used by twirling the weighted cords, and then casting them at low-flying birds, entangling the birds in the cords.

Record Last Modified:

21 Apr 2020

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

69A00012

USNM Number:

E7444-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3838d5dbe-b0ae-4737-8e51-08baf6e2179d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8478068