DepartmentLatin America

Slingshot

NameSlingshot

Artist Artist unrecorded

Date20th century

Place madeGuatemala, Central America

MediumWood

Dimensions4 5/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in. (11.8 x 3 x 3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Bill Simmons, A.1991.70.9

Object numberA.1991.70.9

DescriptionCarved, dark brown wood. Figure looks like human, but has face of bear(?). Standing, arms folded across @ waist; has jacket w/lines of short incised lines; round headdress has vertical incised lines; two arms of slingshot stand up as part ofheaddress. Polished.