Throwing stick/Atlatl hook (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 100–700 (Early Intermediate period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: MAI agent
content: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
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: Collection history unknown; purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from an unknown source in Peru in 1925 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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place: label: Place
content: Nasca (Nazca) region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 13/6904
label: Barcode
content: 136904.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Throwing stick/Atlatl hook (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone, shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 7.8 x 4.6 cm