Throwing stick

Museum number:
1-14493
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010014493
Alternate number:
74 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.346
Description:
Curved throwing stick, used for killing rabbits.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
San Ysidro, Los Coyotes Reservation, San Diego County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; San Ysidro
Culture or time period:
Cupeno
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June-July 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used in hunting rabbits.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.2 centimeters and length 63.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-14493, described as Curved throwing stick, used for killing rabbits.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-14493, described as Curved throwing stick, used for killing rabbits.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-14493, described as Curved throwing stick, used for killing rabbits.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-14493, described as Curved throwing stick, used for killing rabbits.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-14493, described as Curved throwing stick, used for killing rabbits.

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