Sling Shot
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: WOVEN OVAL SHAPED CUP W/ STRINGS ATTACHED TO EACH END IN NATURAL COLOR. FIELD NOTES HAVE INFORMATION ON TECHNIQUE, WHICH IS A COMMON SKILL FOR YOUNG BOYS 10-14 YRS OLD. USE OF OBJECT: BOYS USE SLING SHOT TO SCARE AWAY BIRDS, ETC. PUT LOOP OVER FINGER, HOLD THE OTHER END IN SAME HAND, PUT STONE OR SEED IN SLING, SWING IN A CIRCLE & LET LOOSE END GO. SEE DONOR'S ARTICLE "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A VILLAGE" & CHAP. 2 IN MANUSCRIPT. SEE CATALOG P. 17 (CATALOG NUMBER 116 BUT COULD ALSO BE REFERRED TO 427457).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yekior, Kono District, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kono
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427456-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Slingshot
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 174 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 2.5 cm