Birdstone (pop-eyed) - ROM2019_17216_45

ROM2019_17216_45

Birdstone (pop-eyed)

Maker: Indigenous Ontario
Medium:Ground stone, felsic extrusive
Geography: Norfolk County, Ontario
Date: 1500 BC-800 AD
Dimensions:
111 x 40 x 37 mm
Object number: NS12816
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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