Throwing stick/Atlatl (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 100–650 (Early Intermediate period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Nasca (Nazca) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Edward Gaffron (Carl Eduard Gaffron/Dr. Goffron), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
label: Seller
content: Dr. Edward Gaffron (Carl Eduard Gaffron/Dr. Goffron), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Edward/Eduard Gaffron (1861-1931, a German physician and ophthalmologist who worked in Peru from the 1880s until about 1912 and amassed a huge collection of Peruvian antiquities); purchased by George Heye from Dr. Gaffron in 1912.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nasca (Nazca) region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Nasca (Nazca) (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: 3/2296
label: Barcode
content: 032296.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Throwing stick/Atlatl (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, animal bone, metal, cordage
label: Techniques
content: Carved, hammered, wrapped