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1907.68.15

Cast of spearthrower, with hooked end. [MJD 27/06/2014]

1907.68.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cast of spearthrower, with hooked end. [MJD 27/06/2014]
Geographical reference
France
Europe > Western Europe > France
Aquitaine Dordogne Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Laugerie Basse [Musée de St. Germain-en-Laye]
Person
Field collector Robert Ferris Damon
PRM source Robert Ferris Damon
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1907 Archaeological period: Upper Palaeolithic Solutrean
Date collected
Before 1907
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1907
Materials and processes
Material Plaster, Process Cast
Dimensions
Width 18 mm, Length 302 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1907.68.15
Research and responses

The original antler that this cast was made from appears in B. Plate XIX et XX figure 1 in Henry Christy and Édouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, 1875 volume [also published with Thomas Rupert Jones], Reliquiae aquitanicae: Being contributions to the archaeology and palaeontology of Pèrigord and the adjoining provinces of Southern France [published in London by Williams & Norgat]. This book can be accessed online at http://www.archive.org/details/reliquiaeaquitan00lartuoft. [MJD 05/02/2014]

Search terms: Weapon, Reproduction, Spear-thrower