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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum) Reply #15 - Apr 1^st, 2010 at 10:21am The site seems to be a just a more practical way of reaching items from this site, which we has linked to before. http://research.amnh.org/anthropology/database/collections timann
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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum) Reply #16 - Apr 1^st, 2010 at 11:36am fantastic link, Rockman! i'm very partial to this north american one because it looks like one of mine. i wonder if it's just a coincidence or maybe a cultural thing? this one has to be my favorite braided one. i love the extreme taper on the release cord!
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Offline Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4807 new to california Gender:	Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum) Reply #17 - Apr 1^st, 2010 at 1:20pm the north american one looks like the pouch is knotted with an overhand to the cords, but i can't see for sure. do you think the loop was for pinching or for very slender fingers?
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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum) Reply #18 - Apr 1^st, 2010 at 3:55pm i think it's bigger than it looks, Kid, and i bet very comfortable. i know when i sling a lot, it's my index finger (where the loop goes) that gets sore first. a big spongey loop like that would help quite a bit i think.
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Liberty dog Funditor Offline mobile pocket artillery Posts: 596 south carolina, usa Gender:	Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum) Reply #19 - Apr 1^st, 2010 at 11:07pm the pacific sling had a very large release cord, with a lovely taper.......thinking about trying to make one.
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Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum)
Reply #20 - Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 10:23am

One thing I appreciate is that Hondero listed the sources of the photographs. A lot of them come form museums, and if you take the time to look up the museums you can find even more great sling pics.

Paleoarts,

Unless I'm mistaken, that Pacific sling doesn't isn't made with braiding. It looks to me like the cords are plied together like rope.

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Reply #21 - Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 11:37am

timann wrote on Mar 31^st, 2010 at 3:47pm:

Among the North American slings there is on labeled Mescalero Apache, flat leather pouch with leather cords, which shows that our Apache slings is not necessarily a very typical Apache sling type.
timann
http://perso.wanadoo.es/hondero/sling34.html.

I agree, I strongly suspect that the Apache sling that we know comes from the Spanish influence. That actual Apache sling above is what led me to to the ladder pouch, see the slit across it? I tried it and it works brilliantly.

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Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum)
Reply #22 - Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 1:17pm

David Morningstar wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 11:37am:

timann wrote on Mar 31^st, 2010 at 3:47pm:

Among the North American slings there is on labeled Mescalero Apache, flat leather pouch with leather cords, which shows that our Apache slings is not necessarily a very typical Apache sling type.
timann
http://perso.wanadoo.es/hondero/sling34.html.

I agree, I strongly suspect that the Apache sling that we know comes from the Spanish influence. That actual Apache sling above is what led me to to the ladder pouch, see the slit across it? I tried it and it works brilliantly.

The Mescalero Apache people are one group of Apache among many Apache and Athabascan tribes with their own language. What we call an Apache sling could just easily have come from another tribe of have been a unique invention of "Grandfather".

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Pikåru wrote on Nov 19^th, 2013 at 6:59pm:

Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all.
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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum) Reply #23 - Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 10:22pm Timothy Potter wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 10:23am: Paleoarts, Unless I'm mistaken, that Pacific sling doesn't isn't made with braiding. It looks to me like the cords are plied together like rope. -Timothy Potter absolutely correct, sir. my mistake.
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Shale Junior Member Offline Posts: 77 Canada Gender:	Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum) Reply #24 - Jun 14^th, 2017 at 9:53pm I stumbled across this thread and decided to bump it up. There are some great pictures on the sling museum website that are worth checking out. It's in Spanish, but hooray for Google Translate.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Museo de la honda (Sling museum) Reply #25 - Jun 15^th, 2017 at 9:33am Number 60 shows similar wear patterns as I see on my slings. Its more apparent though due to the material its made from. Some of these must be ceremonial. Lots of interesting info there. Thanks for the bump.
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