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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: North American Slings Reply #15 - Oct 24^th, 2008 at 12:50pm Used to go to the natural history museum in london when i was a kid. Loved the dinosaur skeletons and the blue whale. The royal society famously held a meeting within the model blue whale when it was made (few years ago now) Don't go to enough museums these says
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3515 UK	Re: North American Slings Reply #16 - Apr 9^th, 2009 at 5:36am I have rediscovered this site today, it is truly amazing! Go here: http://anthro.amnh.org/anthro_coll.shtml Click on the 'cross collection search' button in the corner of the map and search for 'sling'. There are twelve pages of slings from all over the world with good clear photos.
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: North American Slings Reply #17 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 2:35pm Lots of interesting slings on that site. And sling stones. Thanks, David. timann
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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3427	Re: North American Slings Reply #18 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 4:22pm Some beautiful woollen woven (or knitted ??) ones from Eastern Turkey, with different colours in the pouch. (can anyone tell me how to weave or braid a pouch like this ?)
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Reply #19 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 5:06pm

Some real nice slings there, BTW was I the only one who noticed the Apache sling and how it looks nothing like the one described in LKF's article?????

Marc Adkins

David Morningstar wrote on Apr 9^th, 2009 at 5:36am:

I have rediscovered this site today, it is truly amazing!

Go here: http://anthro.amnh.org/anthro_coll.shtml

Click on the 'cross collection search' button in the corner of the map and search for 'sling'. There are twelve pages of slings from all over the world with good clear photos.

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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: North American Slings Reply #20 - Apr 11^th, 2009 at 8:48am No, winkleried, I saw that one too. I also saw a all-leather sling(!), with a sewn-on leather pouch like "our" Apache slings, from Mexico. It is a very interesting site. timann
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Reply #21 - Apr 11^th, 2009 at 10:25am

Hadn't quite gotten that far Timann, But the Mexican Tepehuane slings do look an awful lot like the Lovelock Slings.

Marc Adkins

timann wrote on Apr 11^th, 2009 at 8:48am:

No, winkleried, I saw that one too. I also saw a all-leather sling(!), with a sewn-on leather pouch like "our" Apache slings, from Mexico.
It is a very interesting site.
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