Birdstone - ROM2019_17218_3

ROM2019_17218_3

Birdstone

Maker: Indigenous Ontario
Medium:Ground stone, meta-rhythmite
Geography: Kent and Elgin Counties, Ontario
Date: 1500 BC-800 AD
Dimensions:
185 x 24 x 41 mm
Object number: 908.37.22
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).

Department: Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
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