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Lance or throwing stick of rose wood for ring game. Tip of elk antler.
Lance or throwing stick of rose wood for ring game. Tip of elk antler.
Object Number 15-36-10/86481
Display Title Lance or throwing stick of rose wood for ring game. Tip of elk antler.
Descriptions
Object Description Lance or throwing stick of rose wood for ring game. Tip of elk antler.
Inventory Description Lance, carved wood, bound w/ leather and feathers, tassle at 1 end.
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood, Leather, Feather, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 97.5 x 6.9 x 3.5 cm (38 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86481
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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