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BolasE7444-0

From card: "Bone Implements for gambling?"Throwing weapon for birds: ducks and geese. Bolas were also sometimes used for sport. See remarks for E63258 for more information.Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/207 , retrieved 1-28-2020: Bolas with eight weights made from antler and braided sinew cords. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/68: The bolas is a throwing implement made of several interconnected and weighted cords. It is used by twirling the weighted cords, and then casting them at low-flying birds, entangling the birds in the cords.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BolasE7537-0

From card: "Goose Lassoes."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/155 , retrieved 2-6-2020: Bolas with five weights made from moose antler attached to braided sinew cords. Each of the weights has a drilled hole for attaching to a sinew cord. The cords have been joined by braiding them together. Several feathers are attached to the end that is held in the hand. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/68: The bolas is a throwing implement made of several interconnected and weighted cords. It is used by twirling the weighted cords, and then casting them at low-flying birds, entangling the birds in the cords.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Bird Bola60/2148
Bola60/2147

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone, hide, sinew and quill
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Bird Bolas60/1747 HI

Culture
Eskimo
Material
tooth, ivory, bone, hide, sinew and quill
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Bird Bolas60/1747 EG

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone, quill, hide, sinew and feather
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Bird Bolas60/1747 BC

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone, hide, feather and sinew
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Bird Bola60/1747 A

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone, sinew, quill, feather and hide
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Bird Bola60/1746

Culture
Eskimo
Material
ivory, sinew, quill and feather
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Bird Bola60/1745

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone, feather, sinew and quill
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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