Birdstone (pop-eyed)
Maker: Indigenous Ontario
Medium:Ground stone, shale
Geography: Puslinch, Ontario
Date: 1500 BC-800 AD
Dimensions:
118 x 48 x 35 mm
Object number: NS41325
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).
Collection:
Archaeology of Canada & United StatesDepartment: Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
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