Israel C. Russell, Non-Indian, 1851-1906 Search this
Previous owner:
U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History) Search this
Object Name:
Throwing stick/Atlatl
Media/Materials:
Wood
Techniques:
Carved
Object Type:
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Place:
Lower Yukon River; Yukon River; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Collection History:
Collected in 1890 or 1891 by geologist Israel C. Russell (1851-1906) during a survey of the Mount St. Elias area (on the Alaska/Yukon border); donated to the US National Museum (later the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) in 1903; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
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