javelin
javelin
javelin
HU = Used as a javelin in the game of hoop and javelin.
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Stick, hoop and javelin game, wood. Double-pointed throwing stick made of wood. A tree branch, two pointed bark stripped ends, bark left on on main portion of stick, all branches cut off except one, 7 cm stub with diagonal sliced end. Many of the knots have a nail pounded in.;;
1912 P;;
Provenance
1914/06/-1914/07/, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada, (CULTURE REMARKS) Attribution by provenance; (DOCUMENTATION) (Waugh) "Throwing-stick, double-pointed, for hoop and javelin game, - John Jamieson, Jr." (COMMENTS) Hoop and pole games were played throughout North America. They were always played by males. To play, a throwing spear or an arrow was shot or thrown at a hoop or ring. The count was decided by the way the thrown piece fell in relation to the hoop or ring. (Culin, 420-421)