javelin

javelin

javelin

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Introduction

HU = Used as a javelin in the game of hoop and javelin.

Date Made or Date Range: /1914
Materials

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Other Notes

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.;;

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

1912 P;;

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-1015
Collection Narratives and Histories

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)

GKS Reference Number: 25201
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184