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Object Number 08-4-10/72928
Display Title Throwing stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Atlatl, carved wood, incised design, ivory insert below tip, carved finger rest
Classification
  • Atlatl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Aleutian Islands
Materials Wood, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 51.7 x 6.7 x 2.5 cm (20 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72928
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (Unknown)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (06/01/1908)

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