Throwing stick/Atlatl finger grip (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 1500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005
label: Donor
content: May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005
label: Donor agent
content: Morton D. May (Buster May), Non-Indian, 1914-1983
label: Donor agent
content: Hecht's Department Store (The Hecht Company)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; included in a sale of Pre-Columbian art organized by the May Company (a department store chain) at the Hecht's department store (part of the May Company stores) in Washington, DC, in 1968; donated to MAI by the May Company in 1970 through May Company executive and art collector Morton D. May (1914-1983).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Oaxaca State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Zapotec (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: 24/3408
label: Barcode
content: 243408.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Throwing stick/Atlatl finger grip (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled, incised