Throwing stick/Boomerang
date: label: Date created
content: 300 BC–AD 400 (Basketmaker II period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Expedition
content: Hyde Exploring Expedition (1893-1894)
label: Expedition leader
content: Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910
label: Previous owner
content: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
label: Previous owner
content: Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944
label: Seller
content: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or excavated between December 1893 and March 1894 during the Hyde Exploring Expedition, led by Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and sponsored by B. Talbot B. Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944); donated to the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) by the Hyde brothers in 1895; withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Found under Great Natural Bridge; Great Natural Bridge, White Canyon; San Juan County; Utah; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/1490
label: Barcode
content: 051490.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Throwing stick/Boomerang
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, cordage, yucca fiber, tree pitch/gum
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, drilled, wrapped, coated
label: Dimensions
content: 62 x 15 x 3 cm