Throwing stick

Museum number:
1-67253
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010067253
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Curved, flattened throwing stick. Scratches on grip and distal end. Shows aboriginal workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Santiago Canyon, Orange County, California
Culture or time period:
Tongva
Collector:
Samuel Shrewsbury
Collection date:
January 1872
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Throwing stick for rabbits.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 26.5 inches
Loans:
S1966-1967 #67: Education Department (UC Berkeley)/Lily (February 2, 1967–February 27, 1967), S1967-1968 #149: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Albert B. Elsasser (June 24, 1968–June 24, 1968), S1970-1971 #98: Lowie Museum of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 24, 1971–March 24, 1971), and S2010-2011 #1: The California Museum (February 1, 2011–November 30, 2014)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67253, described as Curved, flattened throwing stick. Scratches on grip and distal end. Shows aboriginal workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67253, described as Curved, flattened throwing stick. Scratches on grip and distal end. Shows aboriginal workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67253, described as Curved, flattened throwing stick. Scratches on grip and distal end. Shows aboriginal workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67253, described as Curved, flattened throwing stick. Scratches on grip and distal end. Shows aboriginal workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67253, described as Curved, flattened throwing stick. Scratches on grip and distal end. Shows aboriginal workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.

Tools