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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.

Data Provider
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
Cotton , Camelid wool
Yarn, knotted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
115919

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Museum of Ethnology; 1937
  • Production
    when
    15th - 16th century AD.
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Peru
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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