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Carved Atlatl from Northwest Coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2021

Herbert C. Taylor Jr.  and
Warren Caldwell
Herbert C. Taylor Jr.
Affiliation:
Western Washington College of Education, Bellingham, Washington
Warren Caldwell
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, March, 1953
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Extract

On June 7, 1952, the writers were shown the artifact, seen in Figure 70, by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Johnson of La Conner, Washington. According to the informants, the artifact was dredged from the mouth of the Northwest distributary of the Skagit River near its confluence with the Straits of Georgia (about forty-five miles north of Seattle).

The artifact is about forty centimeters long and approximately eleven centimeters in maximal height. It is carved from wood of an unknown origin. The raised grain and deep checks suggest long continued immersion subsequent to the execution of the carving.

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Information
American Antiquity , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , July 1953 , pp. 279 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1954

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