Atlatl

40609A

From: United States of America | Florida | Collier County | Key Marco

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40609A
Current Location On Loan
Culture Calusa
Provenience United States of America | Florida | Collier County | Key Marco
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Date Made 700-1560 CE
Section American
Materials Wood
Iconography Rabbit
Description

Single holed atlatl. Highly finished and decorated. Spur and curved in for of West Indian rabbit "thumping." Handle end turned down in graceful volute like "Mayan" specimen.

Length 43.8 cm
Width 6 cm
Depth 3.4 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Florida Expedition, Frank H. Cushing; subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 484 - Field Number

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