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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 and turquoise
Dimensions6 x 1 1/2 in. (15.2 x 3.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with Folk Art Acquisition Funds
Object number88.84.3
Geography
Place madeSantiago 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
Mask
Mask
Unknown
Culture: Mixtec
A.D. 1321-1421
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay A. Duff.
Necklace with Human Faces
Unknown
Culture: Tiwanaku-Wari
ca. A.D. 1000
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, Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Pitcher Decorated with Animals in Relief
Unknown
12th-early 13th century
Gift of Harding Black (Private Collection).
Hand-built Mayan Sculpture
Harding Black
1987
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
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume or oil bottle
Culture: Greek
late 6th-5th century B.C.
Museum purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume or oil bottle
Culture: Greek
late 6th-5th century B.C.

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