Ground stone birdstone. It has a long bar-shaped body with a turned-up tail. The head is broken at the point of the bulbous eyes. There are two holes drilled diagonally at each end on the bottom.
Context
Collected in Royalton, Vermont
Acquisition
Accession
1958.1
Source or Donor
Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)
Acquisition Method
Bequest
Ethnography
Cultural Region
Region
New England
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Culture/Tribe
Abenaki
Native American
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Birdstone
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Weight, Atlatl
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Armament Accessories
Nomenclature Class
Armaments
Nomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology