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Object Number
40-44-10/19453
Display Title
Copy of atlatl (spear thrower)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Atlatl, carved wood, lashed with sinew, wrapped with string-lashed skin
Classification
- Atlatl
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Texas
/
El Paso County
/
<City>
/
Ceremonial Cave
Additional Geographic Terms
Hueco Mountains
Materials
Wood, Sinew, Skin, Cotton string
Dimensions
Overall: 61.4 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm (24 3/16 x 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-44-10/19453 & COPY
Provenance
Provenance
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
(1933)
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