Bolas
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Bolas or bolases is a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling their legs. Bolas were most famously used by the gauchos, but h
A hunter using bolas while mounted on a horse.
Puelche warriors using bolas in the 19th century
A group of gauchos hunting rheas with bolas in La Pampa, Argentina, 1905.
Guanaco
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The guanaco is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the domesticated llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña, which lives at highe
Bolas
…excavations of Pre-Columbian settlements, especially in Patagonia, where indigenous peoples (particularly the Tehuelche) used them to catch 200-pound guanacos and rheas. The Mapuche and the Inca army used them in battle. Mapuche warriors used bolas in their confrontations with the Chilean Army during the…
Guanaco Leona Amarga
Skull of a guanaco
Herd of guanacos
Guanaco sharing a habitat with Magellanic penguins, Punta Tombo