bolas

bolas is a throwing weapon.

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Identity

What the record establishes about bolas.

Temple offering of antelope and gazelle. These were captured alive by means of a lasso or bolas but only available for the nobility. From a wall relief at the temple at Kom Ombo in Southern Upper Egypt. This temple mostly dates from the Ptolemaic Period although New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) remains have been found on the site. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Vitalismo : dottrina che considera la condotta conforme alle leggi e alla morale come la più favorevole alla conservazione della vita / Carlo Cetti. is dated 1932 and held by Wellcome Collection. The holy family rest on the way to Egypt. Etching by C. Procaccini, c. 1600. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Mask off : masculinity redefined / JJ Bola. is dated 2019 and held by Wellcome Collection. Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Etching. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. bolasolāṃ or solāṃbolakāthokaḍā is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.

Wellcome Collection records 133 objects associated with this heading. bolas is classified as a throwing weapon. bolas is associated with Americas.

Authority records

The identifiers under which bolas may be traced in institutional catalogues.

bolas is established in the international name authorities as Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300036998 and Getty AAT concept 02867682-n.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 133 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

N caixas e M bolas ou M bolas pretas e N-1 bolas brancas, 2020. Bolas, 2023. bolas, n., Oxford English Dictionary, 2023. Plasmonic Nano-bolas Hunt DNA Targets.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1061958485). Those registers additionally record the forms Das Bolas, Xan, Bolas, Xan das, Peña, Tomás Ares, Ares Peña, Tomás and Xan Das Bolas.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Juego de Bolas Ep 2 del 25/08/11 al 1/09/11 — Internet Archive. Juego de bolas Previo — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 31 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 857 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 6 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1570Temple offering of antelope and gazelle. These were captured alive by means of a lasso or bolas but only available for the nobility. From a wall relief at the temple at Kom Ombo in Southern Upper Egypt. This temple mostly dates from the Ptolemaic Period although New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) remains have been found on the site. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1600The holy family rest on the way to Egypt. Etching by C. Procaccini, c. 1600. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1921A handbook of laboratory glass-blowing / by Bernard D. Bolas ; with numerous diagrams in the test by Naomi Bolas. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1932Vitalismo : dottrina che considera la condotta conforme alle leggi e alla morale come la più favorevole alla conservazione della vita / Carlo Cetti. is dated 1932 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  5. 1932Vitalismo : dottrina che considera la condotta conforme alle leggi e alla morale come la più favorevole alla conservazione della vita / Carlo Cetti. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 2019Mask off : masculinity redefined / JJ Bola. is dated 2019 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 2019Mask off : masculinity redefined / JJ Bola. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Bolas, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Bolas, Juan de, African American Studies Center, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    bolas, n., Oxford English Dictionary, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “bolas”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    N caixas e M bolas ou M bolas pretas e N-1 bolas brancas, 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Plasmonic Nano-bolas Hunt DNA Targets

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 288 articles naming bolas.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1061958485, Bolas, Xan Das.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Internet Archive, 46 digitised items catalogued under bolas as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 133 works naming bolas.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q689962: bolas

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  12. 12.

    “Bolas”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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