M0010907: Magdalenian bone spear-thrower, Upper Palaeolithic period.

Date:
December 1948
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/96/71
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M0010907: Magdalenian bone spear-thrower, Upper Palaeolithic period. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced April 2021: Magdalenian bone spear-thrower, Upper Palaeolithic period.

Description

A Magdalenian bone spear-thrower, photographed on three sides. The spear-thrower is carved to represent a horse's head and would be hooked over the centre of the forehead. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in November 1936 (accession number R14769/1936)

Publication/Creation

December 1948

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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