Birdstone - ROM2019_17216_55

ROM2019_17216_55

Birdstone

Maker: Indigenous Ontario
Medium:Ground stone, meta-rhythmite
Geography: Blenheim, Ontario
Date: 1500 BC-800 AD
Dimensions:
66 x 27 x 37 mm
Object number: NS24501
Not on view
Description

Birdstones are enigmatic objects found in the Great Lakes region of the current-day United States and Canada. Their function remains uncertain, but many scholars believe that they were used as weights on spearthrowers (atlatls).

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