Bar amulet (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 800 BC–AD 200 (Early to Middle Woodland period)
- Culture/People
- probably Adena (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller
- Henry K. Deisher (H. K. Deisher), Non-Indian, 1867-1951
- Previous owner
- Henry K. Deisher (H. K. Deisher), Non-Indian, 1867-1951
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Henry K. Deisher (1867-1951, owner of a textile mill in Kutztown, Pennsylvania); purchased from Henry Deisher by George Heye in 1915.
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- Place
- Brown County; Indiana; USA
- See related items
- Adena (archaeological culture)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/1713
- Barcode
- 041713.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Bar amulet (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Slate
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_44619