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Broken wooden dagger-like object. Catalog: “grip ends of atlatls, 3”.
Broken wooden dagger-like object. Catalog: “grip ends of atlatls, 3”.
Object Number 28-3-10/96737
Display Title Broken wooden dagger-like object. Catalog: “grip ends of atlatls, 3”.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Atlatl, broken, finger grips of sinew, grooved
Classification
  • Atlatl
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Texas / El Paso County / <City> / Ceremonial Cave
Additional Geographic Terms El Paso, 26 mi. northeast of
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 33.9 x 5.6 x 1.7 cm (13 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 96737
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1928)
Collector Cornelius Burton (Burt) Cosgrove Sr. (1928)
Collector Harriet S. Cosgrove (1928)

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