Atlatl Weight, Stone Item Number: 40/72 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Atlatl weight with u-shaped groove (igneous green stone with white phenocrysts. No catalog number was written on the object, and no specific description could be found in Stewart's notes. However, the weight is described as from the "Stewart collection, Washington State Museum, from the Dalles-Deschutes region" in Butler and Osborne, 1959. (L.Phillips, 5/27/97)

Credit Line

Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart

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