Throwing stick/Boomerang

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Culture/People: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition: Hyde Exploring Expedition (1893-1894)
Expedition leader: Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910
Previous owner: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933; Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944
Seller: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Place: Found under Great Natural Bridge; Great Natural Bridge, White Canyon; San Juan County; Utah; USA

Collection History: Collected or excavated between December 1893 and March 1894 during the Hyde Exploring Expedition, led by Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and sponsored by B. Talbot B. Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944); donated to the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) by the Hyde brothers in 1895; withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.

See related items: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture); Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest

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