Spear Thrower
200 BC-AD 200
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Spear Thrower, 200 BC-AD 200. Peru, South Coast, late Paracas or early Nasca style. Bone, hematite, cotton thread, sinew; overall: 5.8 x 2 cm (2 5/16 x 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1940.507 Spear throwers, also called atlatls, use leverage to propel a spear faster and farther through the air.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- bone, hematite, cotton thread, sinew
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.8 x 2 cm (2 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1940.507
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Americas, Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23- April 3,1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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