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Record 1 1993-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • History of Technology
  • Military Training
CONT

[The hunting technology of the Thule people.] ... Waterfowl were killed with blunt arrows ... or the bolas - a group of bone weights tied together with thongs and flung at low - flying birds.

OBS

Plural form: bolas or bolases. Based on WEBIN.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Histoire des techniques
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
DEF

La "bola" est formée de plusieurs balles de pierre ou d'ivoire réunies par des cordelettes; on l'utilise surtout en Sibérie orientale et dans l'Alaska, pour chasser les oiseaux (...)

Spanish

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