Болас
Sign in to saveBolas or bolases (: bola; from Spanish and Portuguese bola, "ball", also known as a boleadora or boleadeira) is a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling their legs. Bolas were most famously used by the gauchos, but have been found in excavations of Pre-Columbian settlements, especially in Patagonia, where indigenous peoples (particularly the Tehuelche) used them to catch 200-pound guanacos and rheas. The Mapuche and the Inca army used them in battle. Mapuche warriors used bolas in their confrontations with the Chilean
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Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Bolas
- Weapon.image
- Bola (PSF).jpg
- Weapon.caption
- A hunter using bolas while mounted on a horse.
- Weapon.origin
- The Americas
- Weapon.type
- Throwing weapon
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- throwing weapon
- Country of origin
- Americas
- Image
- Bola (PSF).jpg
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- Commons category
- Bolas
- different from
- Bola
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Article · Русский
Болас, бола, болеадорас (исп. bola «шар») — охотничье метательное оружие, состоящее из ремня или связки ремней, к концам которых привязаны обёрнутые кожей круглые камни, костяные грузы, каменные шары и т. п.
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