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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
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Cultural attribution
Inka-Kultur
Object type
Schleuder
Dimensions
Länge: 280 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton , Camelid wool
Yarn, knotted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
115919

Provenance and sources

when
15th - 16th century AD.

where
Peru

when
1937
Provenance
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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