Birdstone
Gallery Location
Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture
Maker
Indigenous Ontario
Medium
Ground stone, meta-rhythmite
Geography
Biddulph, ontario
Date
1000-800 BC
Dimensions
11.3 × 3.5 cm
Object number
NS109
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
Description
Known by archaeologists as "birdstones," objects like this one might have functioned as counter-weights for "atl-atls," or spear throwers.
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