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Sling shot
Object Number 99-12-50/53670
Display Title Sling shot
Descriptions
Inventory Description Slingshot, cotton cloth cord, weighted ball at 1 end, in wire-wrapped net.
Classification
  • Slingshot
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Copper, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 55.6 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm (21 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53670
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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