Hi everyone, thanks for giving me opportunity to share information about slings. I am a conservator-restotator of archaeological objects in Peru. Among the materials with which I work are the slings, in a variety of materials and forms.
I would like to know the names of the parts of the slings, if it is in spanish it would be great. I usually use the words: handle and mouth for a description but I am not pleased with them  ; there must be special words to call them and I want to use the apropiate names.
Thank you very much for your help.
Planda

Welcome planda!

The items you are working with hold a fascination for many of us, so we hope that you will be able to answer our questions too!

I think that most of the words we use on this forum for parts of the sling are just practically descriptive, rather than terms with a specific association with the sling.

As far as terminology, particularly in Spanish (or Quechua?!) perhaps there is local knowledge of these terms among those who make the slings now?

There is also a spanish scholar, Jesus Vega Hernandez, (=Hondero?) who has contributed to this site in the past. He may know the traditional spanish terms. He has a web site which contains a contact e-mail address.

http://perso.wanadoo.es/hondero/honda.htm

Here is a direct link to his basic introduction to the sling which contains a picture with the (spanish?!) terms:

http://perso.wanadoo.es/hondero/manualbas.htm

Planda, Welcome to our forum!  I hope you learn much and share much here.

Wanderer, Thanks for looking up Hondero's web page and his introduction!

Wanderer: No worries, as AussieSlinger might say. The more good web-foragers we have here, the more likely it is that someone without those skills (or without a fast connection) will get answers when they have questions.

Thank you very much for your help. Now I can use more accurate terms when describing the slings that I analize and conservate.
I am posting 2 photos (hope to do it correctly, this machines are still a mystery for me) with reference to the subject: Another use for slings.
The first picture is of an Inca mummy bundle, the second one shows parts of the bundle: the outside plant fiber net that covers it and what you are waiting for: it is the upper part of the bundle, where it is closed; and the interesting thing with it is that it is closed (tied) with a sling. In this region of the Inca Empire: Cajamarquilla (east of Lima) men bundles where tied with slings.
As you can see, slings are not only useful in this life but also in the other (if there is one)  .
Hope you find this information interesting.
Planda

PD. I am not being able to post the pictures. This notice appears:
NOTICE: If you had an attachment in your post, you will need to reselect the attachment again in the browse box for security reasons.
I reselect it again, send it, and the notice appears again.
Can you help this poor third world woman with this?

I had a big problem with this a while ago. Are the pictures jpg, jpeg, gif, or png files? That was my problem, in a way; my computer was saying a bitmap picture was a jpg.

Welcome Planda!

I just wanted to say welcome and add that I have a peruvian sling that I like very, very much.

It´s interesting that you work with slings in the way you do.

Hope to see those pictures soon!