Throwing Board (atlatl) for Hunting Birds

Jim Sirloak, American (Iñupiaq), 20th century
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1948-1957

Ivory

Overall: 14 × 2 1/4 × 1 in. (35.6 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sally Carrighar

166.43.16156

Geography

Place Made: King Island, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Provenance

Purchased from Jim Sirloak a King Islander in Nome, Alaska by Sally Carrighar (1895-1985) writer and naturalist who spent ten years in the Arctic; given to present collection, 1966.

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