Throwing stick
Artist
Nuxalk
Datelate 19th century
Mediumwood, ivory or bone
ClassificationsWeapons and Ammunition
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1910.1.36 LA
DescriptionThrowing stick carved of wood with wooden pegs and ivory insert at tip. Stick is wide and rounded at one end and narrows to a blunt point. Large notch on one side of rounded end and wooden pegs on other side are designed as hand grips for fingers. Wooden pegs were initially made of ivory. Inner surface of stick is concave along the length where a dart would be placed. Outer surface of stick is rounded along its length.11/04- Acrved of wood with 2 wood pegs. Wide and pointed at one end and narrows to a blunt point. Large notch on large end and 2 wooden pegs. Inner surface concave. Ivory inset at blunt end.
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late 19th cen.
Philippines
W. AFRICA
IRELAND