Bar amulet (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000–200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Late Archaic or Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Augustus Charles. Gruhlke (A.C. Gruhlke), Non-Indian, 1850-1935
label: Previous owner
content: Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
label: Seller
content: Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Augustus C. Gruhlke (1850-1935, a numismatist, relic collector, and founder of The American Archaeologist magazine); acquired from him at an unknown date by Albert L. Addis (1878-1951, a noted Indiana collector of archaeological objects); purchased by George Heye from Albert Addis in 1915.
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place: label: Place
content: Waterloo; De Kalb County; Indiana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4/7023
label: Barcode
content: 047023.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bar amulet (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
label: Media/Materials
content: Slate
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground, polished, drilled
label: Dimensions
content: 18 x 2 cm