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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3410	Statuette of slinger, Colima culture (pre-Columbia America) Oct 25^th, 2021 at 7:39pm Clearly a slinge,r but I know nothing about this. In Worcester Art Museum, Mass. https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/6203/warrior-and-sling?ctx=bbcd090f-8c97-4 f72-a473-c0903f4922f8&idx=6
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Hirtius Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 272 Gender:	Re: Statuette of slinger, Colima culture (pre-Columbia America) Reply #1 - Oct 25^th, 2021 at 10:33pm Great find!
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Reply #2 - Oct 26^th, 2021 at 4:30am

That's definitely a slinger. That's really cool. It's titled "Warrior with Sling" but I wonder how they decided on that. I don't know anything about the culture that this came from so maybe the... headdress(?) is typical of warriors or it's meant to be a form of head protection showing this is from a battle of some kind. I love seeing finds like this because it really feels "real". You can imagine the person very carefully making this, planning out how they want it to look and then executing it. Fantastic.

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Reply #4 - Oct 27^th, 2021 at 12:35pm

I wonder why they did not title it "Naked Guy with balls and sling"? 🤔 This would be proven by visual evidence 😆
If he is a warrior is not clear for me. Perhaps there is a Colima typical symbology?
I remember having seen another mexican slinger, also naked. Maybe this was a thing in Mexico 😅
Could be interesting to try it out !
Has anyone tried slinging naked?
Anyway, Thank you loads for sharing, love it!

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Reply #5 - Oct 28^th, 2021 at 9:51am

funditor wrote on Oct 27^th, 2021 at 12:35pm:

I wonder why they did not title it "Naked Guy with balls and sling"? 🤔 This would be proven by visual evidence 😆
If he is a warrior is not clear for me. Perhaps there is a Colima typical symbology?
I remember having seen another mexican slinger, also naked. Maybe this was a thing in Mexico 😅
Could be interesting to try it out !
Has anyone tried slinging naked?
Anyway, Thank you loads for sharing, love it!

A warrior is defined by the person’s mindset, not their equipment. Mindset is difficult to display in a visual art piece, but perhaps his nakedness and use of a humble sling is evidence of a warrior’s mindset, because he’s still fighting even without basic equipment like clothing.

If anyone tries this… please keep the photos to yourself Grin

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Reply #6 - Nov 4^th, 2021 at 4:57am

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Oct 28^th, 2021 at 9:51am:

A warrior is defined by the person’s mindset, not their equipment.

Wasn't a warrior defined by the fact that he is doing some war-like thing ? Oo

So maybe the hat with animal ears is a thing of war ? like the jaguar-man in Age of Empire Tongue

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Reply #7 - Nov 4^th, 2021 at 9:12am

funditor wrote on Oct 27^th, 2021 at 12:35pm:

I wonder why they did not title it "Naked Guy with balls and sling"? 🤔 This would be proven by visual evidence 😆
If he is a warrior is not clear for me. Perhaps there is a Colima typical symbology?
I remember having seen another mexican slinger, also naked. Maybe this was a thing in Mexico 😅
Could be interesting to try it out !
Has anyone tried slinging naked?
Anyway, Thank you loads for sharing, love it!

Lol, think David said hector turned up at the first event in soller, with just a loincloth on.
Pretty sure he'd got video.
And uwe has stripped naked in Mallorca.
Not actual slinging, v
But he was carrying a sling coming out of the sea.

I've still got pictures for sale whistle

So I reckon it's your turn next.

I'm not aware of any British tribes going into battle naked, we just don't have the climate for it

The Balearic islanders famously went into battle naked.

There aren't any of the statues in Mallorca where they're wearing more than a loin cloth.
And I reckon that's just for public decency.

Even Michelangelo's David is a naked slinger.

So there is definitely historical precedence for
Naked slinging in hot countries.

How hot are the summers in Austria ? whistle

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funditor Descens Offline Ceteram censeo, rem funditam esse Posts: 173 Vienna, Austria Gender:	Re: Statuette of slinger, Colima culture (pre-Columbia America) Reply #8 - Dec 2^nd, 2021 at 3:58pm Alex maybe I will next summer 😉 At the moment we are building snowmen here... Just found this picture on fb recently, is I guess some eastern group, I do not remember who exactly. Would like to ask for a report of resprctive observations.
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Reply #9 - Dec 5^th, 2021 at 8:13am

well I guess the main question is: where is he keeping his spare ammo ?

And of course - what were they on ?
Some kind of fungi like the viking berserkers ?

Lets face it the shock impact of naked slingers only works the first time you see them, after that, it's just: 'Alright ! it's those naked idiots again - I'll give 50 sesterci to anyone who can put an arrow through a ball sack !'

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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3410	Re: Statuette of slinger, Colima culture (pre-Columbia America) Reply #10 - Dec 11^th, 2021 at 7:44pm I like the costume but I'm worried about his starting position (that's a lot of slack to overcome)
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