Boatstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of amateur archaeologist Carl Clausen (1883-1954); purchased by Harry Horning (1908-1966, an artifact collector in Easton, Pennsylvania) from Carl Clausen in 1946; acquired by David E. Currie from Harry Horning at an unknown date; acquired by MAI through an exchange with David Currie in 1971.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
- Catalog Number
- 24/4132
- Barcode
- 244132.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Carl Clausen, Non-Indian, 1883-1954
- Previous owner
- Harry Horning, Non-Indian, 1908-1966
- David E. Currie, Non-Indian
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Boatstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled, incised
- Place
- Cayuga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_259456
