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Throwing stick
Object Number 99-12-10/53092
Display Title Throwing stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Shee.aan
Object Description Throwing stick; grip of the stick resembles a shaman's rattle or amulet. Wolf carries two tiny men on his back and an eagle perches at the opposite end. A third little man is crowded inside the wolf.
Inventory Description Carved wooden atlatl, bird figure, animal and human figures on opposite end.
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 38.9 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm (15 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/53092
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Collector Capt. Thomas Robinson (pre-1813)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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