Sling
- Culture
- Inka
- Date
- c.1450–1532
- Material
- Camelid fiber
- made in
- Peru, South America
- Classification
- Textiles, tools & equipment
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- length: 12 ft. 3 5/8 in. (375 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Erik Speyer through the Bellas Artes Gallery
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 1674:1983
NOTES
Colorfully woven slings were long used as hunting tools and as weapons in warfare. To use this textile device, a hunter would cradle a round stone in the decorative middle portion of the band. Then the sling would be swung in an arc to gain speed, and one end would be released to propel the stone.
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