Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; lent to MAI by the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
- Catalog Number
- 16/7756
- Barcode
- 167756.000
- Culture/People
- probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Lender
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Place
- Virginia; USA
- See related items
- Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_179782
