Boatstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 200 BC–AD 400 (Middle Woodland period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Hopewell (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Otto Giers (Otto Burkhardt Giers), Non-Indian, 1858-1940
- Previous owner
- Otto Giers (Otto Burkhardt Giers), Non-Indian, 1858-1940
- Seller
- Otto Giers (Otto Burkhardt Giers), Non-Indian, 1858-1940
- Collection History
- Excavated by Otto Burkhardt Giers (1858-1940, archaeology hobbyist and City Clerk of Nashville, Tennessee) in 1885; purchased by George Heye from Otto Giers in 1915.
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- Place
- Near Nashville; Nashville; Davidson County; Tennessee; USA
- See related items
- Hopewell (archaeological culture)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/4827
- Barcode
- 044827.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Boatstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_47956