Throwing stick

Museum number:
1-67252
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Santiago Canyon, San Bernardino 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 24 inches
Loans:
S1961-1962 #56: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 27, 1962–March 27, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1966-1967 #102: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (May 3, 1967–May 3, 1967), S1966-1967 #103: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 4, 1967–May 4, 1967), and S2010-2011 #1: The California Museum (February 1, 2011–November 30, 2014)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67252, described as Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67252, described as Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67252, described as Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67252, described as Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67252, described as Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67252, described as Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67252, described as Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 1-67252, described as Flattened, angled throwing stick. Shows aboriginial workmanship. Shaped by charring and scraping.

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