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sling from Pachacamac has 13 ribs at the middle of the cradle and 

 seven ribs at either end, somewhat like No. 301127, from Coyungo, 

 in the collection to be described presently. (See my plate 26, figure 

 3.) In the Pachacamac specimen, however, all the ribs are bound 

 together. In both, part of each cord is flat, and there are tassels.^ 

 Solid-cradled slings are not wanting at Pachacamac, some of them 

 suggesting those found at Lomas (Nos. 301048-301056). ^ 



In the region of Nasca the use and probably also the development 

 of the sling has, as will be shown later on, reached its acme. Also, it 

 was found by Dr. A. Hrdlicka, its use persisted well into post- 

 Columbian times. 



From the above it is clear that the sling enjoyed a very general dis- 

 tribution on the coast. Nor was it lacking in the highland parts of 

 the country. The Indians of the region of Chachapuya (modern 

 Chachapoyas) were ruled, in immediately pre-Inca times, by a chief 

 called Chuqui-Sota.* Of these people and their curious use of the 

 sling Garcilasso says: 



* * * These Chachapuya Indians wear, as a distinguishing headdress, a 

 sling, by which tliey are Ifnown from other Indians. Their sling is different 

 from those of other tribes, and is the principal arm they use in war, like the 

 ancient people of Majorca.* 



These remarks apply to the Chachapuya at the time when the Inca 

 was beginning to invade their territory. The use here, as in Pacha- 

 camac, of the sling as a head ornament is noteworthy. It is a pity 

 that Garcilasso did not describe the sling of the Chachapuya more 

 fully. 



Through a lack of archeological evidence we have no detailed 

 knowledge as to the sort of slings used by the Quichuas and other 

 mountain peoples. In the later part of the Inca period, however, 

 the weapon was used by the Inca clansmen of Cuzco. Garcilasso 

 says: 



* * * The arms were * * * supplied by the provinces where the 

 materials for making them were most abundant. In some they made bows and 

 arrows; in others they made lances and darts; in others clubs and axes; In 

 others slings and lashings ; in others shields, for these shields were their only 

 defensive weapons. * * * » 



Further on he says, speaking of the puberty ceremonies of the 

 youth of the Inca clan : 



* * * The novices were expected to know how to make all offensive 

 weapons used in war, with their own hands, or at least those which did not 

 require the blacksmith's art, such as bows and arrows, a dart thrown by 



1 See Uhle, 1903, pi. 19, flg. 1. 



»UhIe, 1903, pi. 19, figs. 2, 3, and 9. 



» Sarmiento, Markham's translation, Hakluyt Society, 1907, p. 129. 



•Garcilasso, vol. 2, p. 322. 



Mdem, pp. 18-19. 



