Birdstone
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Indigenous Ontario
Medium
Stone (banded slate)
Geography
Ontario
Date
1500 BC-800 AD
Dimensions
3.1 x 8.5 x 1.5 cm
Object number
HD851
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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