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Lovisato (Colini, 240; Lovisato, c, 723), the other by Prof. Furlong 

 (collection in Anier. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York). The latter was 

 obtained at Navarin Island, the former from Mr. Lawrence of the 

 Ushuaia English mission. 



Dr. Lovisato thought the one obtained by him "un semplice pezzo 

 di tufo, ridotto a quella forma dai Yahgan a forza di levigare le aste 

 e le punte delle loro armi" (c, 723), but from the description given by 

 Dr. Colini (240) ^ it is evidently a morning-star club head, similar, 

 as Dr. CoUni notes, to the ones found commonly in South America, 

 especially on the Pacific coast. 



It is improbable that such club heads were ever made or used by 

 the Fuegians. They are almost certainly of foreign origin, acquired 

 through barter or exchange and kept as curios or what not (cf. also 

 discussion of the whole question of perforated stones in America by 

 Dr. Outes, a, 437-445). 



Stones. — Stones are commomy used, especially in fighting, by the 

 Chonos and Canoe Indians. They are either thrown or else held in 

 the hand for pounding. 



Slings. — ^The sUng is of common use among the Yahgans and Ala- 

 caluf. Whether or not it was used by the Chonos our sources do 

 not say. 



It was formerly used somewhat among the southern Onas (Lista, 

 I, 129, "poco usada"; Dabbene, 1), 252), but is now rare. Dr. 

 Gallardo found Onas who did not know what it was used for, and he 

 consider that it was almost certainly introduced among the Onas 

 from Yahgan sources (284). It is mentioned, however, in the Ona 

 Kuanip legend (Cojazzi, 79), though possibly as a later accretion; 

 the Ona name for it, shincay (Gallardo, 284), sTiinke, sinke, shienikey 

 (Beauvoir, h, 203, 135), is quite different from the Yahgan name 

 ouataoua (Hyades, q, 301), uatawa (Noguera), uatta-ua (Bove, h, 146). 



For descriptions of the Yahgan sling, see Hyades, q, 301, 357-358, 

 pi. XXX, fig. 14, and CoUni, 161; of the Onan, Beauvoir, h, 204. 



Bolas. — The following passage occurs in Dr. Ratzel's Volkerkunde 

 (2d ed., I, 522; Engl, tr., ii, 88): "Von spateren Beobachtern nicht 

 erwahnte bolaiihnliche Waffen nennt Oliver van Noort." This state- 

 ment is based not on van Noort's original account, but in all proba- 

 bility on the following description by de Brosses (i, 301) of a weapon 

 found by van Noort in use among the Alacaluf of Maurice Bay on the 

 north shore of Desolation Island : ' ' Les sauvages tu erent deux honmies 

 de r equipage k coups de longiies zigaies de bois, et de lourdes masses 

 attachees au bout d'une corde, qu'ils lancent et retirent, gardant a 

 la main I'autre bout de la corde." This description certainly suggests 

 the bolas, if we render "masses" as "lumps, weights," instead of 

 "maces, clubs"; but do Brosses's description is not a literal transla- 



1 " Un grande disco di pietra Itingo m. 0.13 con 0.10 di largliezza, forato nel mezzo e con piinti allintor no. 



