- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sling stone, tapered at both ends. [El.B 13/2/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear
- Field collector HMS Challenger
- Field collector HMS Alert
- Field collector HMS Flying Fish
- PRM source Julia Maclear
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- 1873 - 1876 [Challenger] and 1879 - 1891 [other surveying work]
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1909
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Length: max 80 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1909.30.47
Search terms: Weapon, Sling-stone
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