Birdstone - ROM2014_14048_49

ROM2014_14048_49

Birdstone

Maker: Indigenous Ontario
Medium:Ground stone, meta-rhythmite
Geography: London, Ontario
Date: 1500 BC-800 AD
Dimensions:
110 x 17 x 38 mm
Object number: HD9316
Credit Line: J.P. Hunt Collection; gift of the Members
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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