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Bolas

Bolas or bolases (sing.: bola; from Spanish and Portuguese bola, "ball", also known as a boleadora or boleadeira) 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 have been found in excavations of Pre-Columbian settlements…

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SpanishPortugueseWeaponGauchosPre-Columbian
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Place of origin
The Americas
Type
Throwing weapon

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Bolas

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples16
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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Bolas

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related to Use · 8
Bolas → Belcher Island Inuit, Depending, Feather, Gauchos, Inuit, People, The, Traditionally
related to Design · 3
Bolas → Gauchos, Some, There
see also · 3
Bolas → Chinese, Māori, North AmericaMeteor
Place of origin · 1
Bolas → The Americas
Type · 1
Bolas → Throwing weapon

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used weights weapon inuit boleadora cords capture mapuche gauchos balls made legs army design also type throwing rheas two weight

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BolasPlace of originThe Americas1.00infobox
BolasTypeThrowing weapon1.00infobox
Bolasrelated to DesignThere0.60section
Bolasrelated to DesignSome0.60section
Bolasrelated to DesignGauchos0.60section
Bolasrelated to UseGauchos0.60section
Bolasrelated to UseDepending0.60section
Bolasrelated to UseThe0.60section
Bolasrelated to UseTraditionally0.60section
Bolasrelated to UseInuit0.60section
Bolasrelated to UsePeople0.60section
Bolasrelated to UseFeather0.60section

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