Lot 305, Auction 3/19/2026: Four Spanish Colonial Copper Bola Sling Weights

$585.00

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South America, Post Conquest to Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 16th to 19th century CE. A set of four copper-tin alloy bola bullets formed as solid spherical weights with central perforations for attachment to cords. The high tin content indicates post-European contact and Colonial-period metalworking traditions. In use, each spherical weight was tied to the end of a long leather or fiber cord, with two or three cords joined together at one end to form a bola. When thrown, the weighted cords spread outward and wrapped around the legs or body of an animal, using momentum and centrifugal force to entangle and immobilize it Size: 1″ Diameter (2.5 cm)

Condition: Minor pitting and abrasions, but otherwise intact and excellent.

Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000

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