Spear Thrower with Ibex Carving - Ice Age Atlatl Replica

A long, rounded shaft with a hooked end, topped by a small carved animal with backswept horns standing on the hook. The animal's legs straddle the shaft and its body carries a few incised marks. There is no separate base: the piece lies on its shaft. About 10.3 cm long and 4.0 cm high at 100%. It is inspired by the decorated spear-throwers of the Magdalenian period in France, roughly 17,000 to 12,000 years ago. A spear-thrower, or atlatl, is a hooked stick that extends the arm to launch a dart…

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