Birdstone
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Indigenous Ontario
Medium
Ground stone, silicified mudstone
Geography
Kent and Elgin Counties, Ontario
Date
1500 BC-800 AD
Dimensions
127 x 20 x 45 mm
Object number
908.37.21
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
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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