Thrower for bird spear. Carved from wood with bone lining some of the edges. Roughly triangular in shape, it is flat with a ridge along one of the faces. [AB [OPS move] 5/9/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Thrower for bird spear. Carved from wood with bone lining some of the edges. Roughly triangular in shape, it is flat with a ridge along one of the faces. [AB [OPS move] 5/9/2018]
Long description: Thrower for bird spear. Carved from wood with bone lining some of the edges. Roughly triangular in shape, it is flat with a ridge along one of the faces. For the associated bird spear, see 1884.81.9 .9 .1. [AB [OPS move] 5/9/2018]
Geographical reference: Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)
Northern America > North America > Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark); Unknown
Cultural groups: Inuit (Greenland); Inuit
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Bone, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 78 mm, Length: max 486 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.81.9.9.2 PR no.: 1/ 387
Research and responses: There are no objects with the fraction number 387 in the green book. If my theory about fraction numbers is correct [see Introduction to the Lt-Genl PR catalogue] then objects with this number should have associated dates of between March 1874 and June 1874 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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