Bolas
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=81 , retrieved 7-17-2018: Bolas. Hunters wore coiled bolas on their heads or looped them around their waists, ready to throw at passing flocks of geese and ducks. The ivory balls fanned out in the air and tangled the birds' wings, bringing them to the ground. For use at sea or on lakes non-sinking balls made of wood were used. This ancient weapon declined after the introduction of shotguns.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chukchee Point (Chukchi Peninsula?), Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chukchi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E37649-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bola
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm