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Purchased with Folk Art Acquisition Funds.
Slingshot handle
Purchased with Folk Art Acquisition Funds.
Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Slingshot handle

Artist Unknown
DepartmentLatin American Art
Date20th Century
MediumWood
Dimensions6 x 1 1/2 in. (15.2 x 3.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with Folk Art Acquisition Funds
Object number88.84.2
Geography
(not assigned)Santiago Atitlán, Sololá department, Guatemala
Label TextSlingshots, like this one, are carried by children and adults and are used to chase birds and other creatures from corn fields. Felines, monkeys, human figures, and Quetzal birds are among the most popular forms these objects take. (Marion Oettinger, 1998)
Not on view
Collections
Purchased with Folk Art Acquisition Funds.
Slingshot handle
Unknown
20th Century
San Antonio Museum of Art, The D. Joseph Judge, MD Collection donated by the Judge Family.
Mirror Handle
Unknown
Culture: Chimú
ca. A.D. 900-1200
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund.
Handle
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 1352-1336 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Bill and Gale Simmons.
Anthropomorphic Slingshot
Unknown
mid-20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Folk Art.
Shoeshine Box
Unknown
Culture: Colombian
ca. 1983
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. W.J. Roley.
Piñata Stick
Unknown
ca. 1920
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Bottle Handle
William Williamson I
Culture: Irish
1737/1738
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Toasting Fork with Mahogany Handle
Culture: Irish
ca. 1792-1793
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Pair of Soup Ladles with Eagle Head Handles
Culture: Irish
ca. 1760
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Lamp with Horse's-head Handle
Culture: Roman
1st century A.D.
Group image: 86.138.86 and 86.138.264. Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Lamp with a Lion's-head Handle
Culture: Roman
1st century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Whetstone Handle in the Form of an Ibex
Culture: Iranian
ca. 800 B.C.

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