Some time ago I bought this sling from somebody who’s father bought it 20 years ago some where in South America.
It’s 121 cm long but the retention cord is only 37 cm long. The pouch is 6 X 10 cm and the whole sling has a weight of 58 gr. The finger loop is rather wide. You can pass at least two or three fingers through it.



The material is a plant fibre which tends to twist like curls. That makes the use of the sling very tricky unless you use rather heavy projectiles.



The cords are braided with three strands. The pouch is made by division of the main cord into two thin cords which form an open pouch. Then the space in between them is filled by a fabric in the figure eight weave manner. The release cord becomes slightly thinner towards the end. The whole making shows careful work and good craftsmanship.



Has anybody an idea what kind of plant has been used? I never saw it before. Further more I wonder if this is a typical South American sling, because the Peruvian slings are very different to this kind.

funda iucunda

The pouch seems to be mades by deviding the three strands of the cord into six and than braiding two strands forming a splitted pouch. Afterwards a string seems to be woven in square to the strands and a weft sewn through in the "figure of eight" manner. That's at least my interpretation.

funda

It's really twisting. I have to put projectiles of at least 100 gr weight into the pouch just for getting the cords straight. That makes slinging a cumbersome action.

funda