Atlatl Spear Thrower with Bannerstone Replica

A flat wooden spear thrower with two finger loops at the handle end, a butterfly-shaped bannerstone lashed across the middle, a zigzag line carved into the board and a raised hook at the far end that engages the back of the dart. The spear thrower, or atlatl, works as an extension of the arm, letting a hunter launch a dart much faster and farther. Carved antler spear-thrower hooks are known from Upper Palaeolithic Europe, and in the Americas Archaic peoples often added polished stone weights ca…

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