Toy: spear-thrower

Museum number:
4-9223
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.327
Description:
Toy spear thrower for child. From 28th grave. Length 14½ inches. Kroeber: "An atlatl or spear-thrower (4-9223) came from grave 28, which also contained a vessel of Proto-Lima strain A. The weapon is rudely carved from a single piece of wood; the catch is anvil-shaped, the grasp a ring hewn perpendicularly to the plane of the staff. Dimensions: 372 mm., total length; 18 mm., greatest width of shaft; 41 mm., length of grasp; 31 mm., greatest width of grasp; 23 mm., length of catch; 24 mm., greatest width 'of catch.
Donor:
Max Uhle
Collection place:
Grave 28, Nieveria, Lima valley
Culture or time period:
Middle Horizon, ancient Peru (800–1100 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Ancient Peru
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy: spear-thrower, accession number 4-9223, described as Toy spear thrower for child. From 28th grave. Length 14½ inches. Kroeber: "An atlatl or spear-thrower (4-9223) came from grave 28, which also contained a vessel of Proto-Lima strain A. The weapon is rudely carved from a single piece of wood; the catch is anvil-shaped, the grasp a ring hewn perpendicularly to the plane of the staff. Dimensions: 372 mm., total length; 18 mm., greatest width of shaft; 41 mm., length of grasp; 31 mm., greatest width of grasp; 23 mm., length of catch; 24 mm., greatest width 'of catch.

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