Slingshot (Stek)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1987 - 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED SMOOTH WOODEN HANDLE THAT WIDENS AT TOP AND HAS 2 PRONGS. WRAPPED AROUND 2 PRONGS ARE 2 PIECES OF RUBBER. OTHER END OF RUBBER ATTACHED TO RECTANGLE PIECE OF LEATHER. OUTSIDE OF LEATHER SMOOTH, WHILE INSIDE ROUGH. RUBBER PIECES ARE TIED AT BOTH ENDS TO ITSELF W/ PINK PLASTIC STRING. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) "USED FOR SHOOTING STONES, FIRED CLAY BALLS OR ARMS. KEMUNING WOOD, RUBBER STRAPS, AND A LEATHER PIECE. WOOD CARVED, RUBBER AND LEATHER CUT AND TIED. STRAPS AND LEATHER BOUGHT IN TOWN OF LANCHANG. THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE EXISTED BEFORE THE [?] OF RUBBER. STEK DERIVES FROM THE ENGLISH WORD 'ELASTIC'. USED FOR HUNTING AND MADE FOR USE." COLLECTED ON JANUARY 21, 1988 AND MADE IN 1987. SEE GIANNO 1986A AND 1986B IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pos Gandah, Near Kuala Krau Game Reserve, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Che Wong (Orang Asli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385313
label: USNM Number
content: E428847-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Slingshot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4 cm