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South american hunting device, made of ropes and weights. Spider-like with strings connected weights. The difficulty to throw it is to rotate it in a way not to knot the strings.

(Dummy for planned picture)   Bola

It is a hunting weapon for running prey. It is thrown into the legs of the animal. At hit, it shackles the legs of the pray. The animal is shackled and falls.

Material about bolas, you can find at Matthew Rapaport's "Throwers" website at www.sonic.net/~quine/bolas.html. About how it is made, where it is used, how it is used.

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