Atlatl Implement

Atlatl Implement

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Atlatl Implement
Date700–1000 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumBone
Dimensions1 3/4 × 13/16 × 1/2 in. (4.4 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4437
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least March 1971–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Album #7, before slide dated "MAR 71".

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