sling;
hunting equipment
- Museum number
- As2002,06.25
- Description
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Sling or hurling weapon (muqla'); made from black goat (?) hair; with woven cup and two long plaited handles, one of which is looped at end.
- Production date
- 1980s-1990s
- Dimensions
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Weight: 112 grammes
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Width: 9 centimetres (cup width)
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Width: 91 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Used for hunting birds and small game. For a similar one from Wadi Sahtan, northern Oman, see Neil Richardson and Marcia S. Dorr, The Craft Heritage of Oman (Dubai, 2003), Vol.2, p.469.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2002
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As2002,06.25