Throwing stick/Atlatl weight

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Culture/People: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]
Previous owner: Joseph Chilberg, Non-Indian, 1850-1939
Seller: Joseph Chilberg, Non-Indian, 1850-1939

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Joseph Chilberg (1850-1939, a Native artifact dealer in Nome, Alaska) in 1916.
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Place: Little Diomede Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Little Diomede Island

See related items: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 5/541
Barcode: 050541.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Throwing stick/Atlatl weight
Media/Materials: Fossil mammoth ivory
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c3e27379-b730-4847-aeb1-e6b29b794b84

Record ID: NMAI_54481