Wooden Implement For Throwing Darts
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: This object, under incorrect catalogue number E1111, was mistakenly listed in Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/145 , retrieved 12-10-2019. Described there: Throwing board made of wood. A shallow bed for a projectile has been cut lengthwise into the top surface. The tapered end is broken. At the opposite end one side has been cut at an angle, and two pegs made from antler have been set into this slanted edge. One of the pegs has a wide notch cut into it on one side. This peg extends into the projectile bed, and a piece of hide has been used to keep it secure. A notch has been cut into the opposite edge, and adjacent to the notch a shallow indentation has been cut into the surface. These features allowed the throwing board to be gripped when in use. The bottom of the projectile bed at this end has longitudinal line cut into it, which is intersected by a 'V'-shaped line and five short perpendicular lines. Four of these lines are enhanced by ink or similar material, and next to them the word 'Kushkunuck' [sic, should be Kushunuk] has been written in ink.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jan 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kushunuk (Qissunaq), Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E36012-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Atlatl