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Object Number 98-18-10/52087
Display Title Throwing stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Throwing stick, carved wood, grooved, ivory finger spacer/piece inserted below
Classification
  • Atlatl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Wood, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 6.5 x 2.1 cm (16 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52087
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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