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Slingshot
The slingshot was the most important weapon of attack in the Inca Empire and probably before that. The shields were made of cane frames wrapped in camelid yarn or padded cotton sheets. Arm and leg protectors were made in the same way.
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- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Inka-Kultur
- Object type
- Schleuder
- Dimensions
- Length: 280 cm
- Material/Technique
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Cotton
, Camelid wool
Yarn, knotted
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 115919
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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15th - 16th century AD.
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Peru
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Change of physical control
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when
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1937
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- Provenance
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This object came into the collection of the Linden Museum in 1937 by exchange from the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich, where it was part of the. It was in the Ubbelohde-Döring collection.
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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