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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2811 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5775 - May 9^th, 2020 at 2:40pm Du brauchst keinen Balearic Stil.
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5776 - May 9^th, 2020 at 2:56pm True, but it still annoys me that I can't get the hang of it
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Teg Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1113 Central Europe Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5777 - May 10^th, 2020 at 10:06am I have seen quite a few slings. But this one is a first... https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/315749 Peru, 14-15th century Shell, cotton, beads, wood Length 56-5/8 in. (144 cm)
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5778 - May 10^th, 2020 at 10:36am That is amazing. I can only imagine how long it would take to make one of those
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Reply #5779 - May 10^th, 2020 at 11:05am

Yes, it is amazing. But while marveling at this sling, I constantly ask myself: Why? E.g. the feather-adorned release "knob" (?). And it may be quite heavy and thus akward to swing? And the strings might also be rather fragile as they seem to be rather thin...

Anyone in for a reconstruction? Cheesy

It's beautiful, but I would assess it more as a ceremonial item than as a sling for use...
There are andean sling slings for ceremonial use, but these are quite different from this one.

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5780 - May 10^th, 2020 at 11:33am It's certainly a little different to my paracord and slingshot pouch sling
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5781 - May 10^th, 2020 at 12:16pm My 1st thought was ceremonial as well. Maybe made as a gift to a ruler, of a different tribe.
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Reply #5782 - May 10^th, 2020 at 12:29pm

Here we go:
Reportedly from a tomb in the Chancay Valley,
Central Coast, probably at the site of Caqui

Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Peruvian_Featherworks_Art_of_the_P...

Peruvian Featherworks: Art of the Precolumbian Era
King, Heidi, with essays by Mercedes Delgado, Mary Frame, Christine Giuntini, Johan Reinhard, Ann Pollard Rowe, and Santiago Uceda (2012)

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5783 - May 10^th, 2020 at 12:36pm That makes sense. If it's going to be used in the next life, you want it to be classy
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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5784 - May 10^th, 2020 at 3:38pm A really simple and easy to make sling out of 4 strands of ~2+ meter long hemp and a piece of leather with the adjustable loop I copied from Jeagoor
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5785 - May 10^th, 2020 at 6:47pm NICE
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5786 - May 11^th, 2020 at 2:39am Nice! I made a similar sling a little while ago but haven't really used it at all. It's a good design though.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5787 - May 11^th, 2020 at 5:23pm In a time when each bead had to be created from scratch that sling must have taken a long time to make.
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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5788 - May 12^th, 2020 at 8:45am 100% Hemp sling Done some slinging today with it. A little getting used to but works great. Very clean release.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #5789 - May 12^th, 2020 at 11:02am Beautiful Jauke!
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