Bolas Collection

Ostrich Hunt with Bolas
Three men pursue an ostrich across the pampas of South America, hoping to catch it with a bolas - a kind of weighted lasso

The Drawing Office, 3rd Floor IMechE. Later in c1936 the opposite end was partitioned off as an office. In 1951 the office was transferred to the door-end and re-partitioned. Date: 1936

Gauchos butchering cattle at a slaughterhouse
Native American gauchos lassoing and butchering cattle at one of the outdoor slaughterhouses in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch

Native American gaucho on horseback using bolas or boleadoras to hunt ostrich on the pampas in South America. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

OSTRICH HUNT WITH BOLAS
Three men pursue an ostrich across the pampas of South America, hoping to catch it with a bolas - a kind of weighted lasso. Date: 1894

Alfred Nobel Bolas
ALFRED NOBEL The Swedish manufacturer of gunpowder and prizegiver

Bridge at Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Bridge (Puente de las Bolas) at Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, with the San Gabriel Castle on the left. Date: circa 1905

View of Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
View of Arrecife, capital of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, with bridge (Puente de las Bolas) and bandstand. Date: circa 1905

Gaucho Using Bolas
A gaucho uses the BOLAS which wraps round the animals legs preventing it from running, thus enabling the gaucho to control it Date: 1901

How Acheulean Man Captured His Prey
Hunting with the Bolas: How Acheulean Man Captured His Prey with a Stone-Age Weapon Still in Use To-Day - A reconstruction of a hunting scene in the stone age

Uruguay - Palenque Gaucho by J M Blanes
A Uruguayan Palenque Gaucho Date: circa 1902

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