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1901.43.31

Sling-stone pointed at both ends. [El.B 14/2/2007]

1901.43.31

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sling-stone pointed at both ends. [El.B 14/2/2007]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1901
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Donated: 13/12/1901
Materials and processes
Material Stone
Dimensions
Length: max 50 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1901.43.31
Research and responses

For photographs of sling-stones similar to this see STONE IMPLEMENTS AND STONE WORK OF THE ANCIENT HAWAIIANS, by William T. Brigham (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1902). Copy in Balfour Library. [ZM 20/5/2004]

Note that a Mr Rogers, possibly Thomas Rogers, presented some stones from Oahu at a meeting of a society at Manchester to which RD Darbishire also belonged, this might be the source of these items? See "Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society" http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsproceedin74manc/memoirsproceedin74manc_djvu.txt [AP 05/08/2009]

Search terms: Weapon, Sling-stone

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