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Slingshot

Entry in the historical index card: 4 slings, pointed oval pieces of leather, 12.0 to 18.0 cm, each with a cord of approx. 70.0 cm sewn on either side, with a knot at the free end, stuffed with grass, pieces of fur, (d) with the straw-filled bellows of a small rodent. Entry in the historical main catalogue: 4 slings, pointed oval pieces of leather, 12-18 cm. each with a string of approx. 70 cm sewn on both sides. At the free end of each is a knot, stuffed with pieces of grass fur, at d with the straw-filled bellows of a small rodent.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Selk'nam (Ona)
Object type
Slingshot
Dimensions
Length: 158 cm
Material/Technique
Leather , Plant fibre , Grass, Fur, Straw
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V C 1960 a-d

Provenance and sources

where
Chile / Argentina [Land/Region]
who
Selk'nam (Ona)
who
Josef Theodor Mallmann - Former Possessors

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