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Object Number 99-12-30/53154
Display Title Bolas
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bolas, 2, each with 3 hide-wrapped stones attached to plaited hide cords, tieed
Classification
  • Bola
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
Materials Hide, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 118 x 18 x 6 cm (46 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53154 / 89/25
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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