Atlatl
29-43-49
Location: On Display in the Native North America Gallery
From: United States of America | Southeastern Utah | Colorado River Canyon
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-43-49 |
| Current Location | Native North America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Basketmaker |
| Provenience | United States of America | Southeastern Utah | Colorado River Canyon |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Locus | cave site |
| Date Made | 400 BCE - 750 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Rawhide | Sinew | Animal Tooth | Fur | Stone |
| Description | Atlatl with finger loops of hide or sinew 3.5" from end. Bound within the fastenings on upper side is wild cat tooth. Beyond finger loops the stick is wrapped with skin or fur and bound with yucca cord, holding in place on upper side a chalcedony knife or spear point, and on under side a small limonite concretion. X-ray photograph shows string of beads under wrapping. |
| Length | 62.87 cm |
| Width | 3.17 cm |
| Depth | 3.17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Charles D. Hazzard; subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1896 |
| Other Number | F130 - Field Number |
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