Rabbit Stick

38654

From: Arizona | Walpi | First Mesa

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38654
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona | Walpi | First Mesa
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Curved, wooden board used as a throwing tool to hunt small game. Boomerang form. Notched along the edges with bands of string, sinew, or metal set into the grooves. Handle at one end.

Length 67 cm
Width 6 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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