Bola/Boleadora
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Aónikenk (Southern Tehuelche)
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in England in 1933 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Date created
- 1900-1930
- Catalog Number
- 18/4932
- Barcode
- 184932.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Bola/Boleadora
- Media/Materials
- Stone, rawhide, cordage
- Techniques
- Pecked, stretched, twisted, tied
- Dimensions
- 99 x 22 x 6.5 cm
- Place
- Patagonia; Argentina
- Geographical Areas
- Patagonia
- See related items
- Aónikenk (Southern Tehuelche)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southern Cone/Patagonia
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_197379
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69ba13cb6-7844-4923-ba8a-3de7ab50eace
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