Spear-Thrower

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

CMA_.1953.271

amicoid

CMA_.1953.271

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2001

aly

2001

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

South American; Pre-Columbian; Nazca

crc

South American; Pre-Columbian; Nazca

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Peru, South Coast, Nasca (?), 2nd-8th Century

crt

Peru, South Coast, Nasca (?), 2nd-8th Century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Spear-Thrower

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Spear-Thrower

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

ott

Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

rid

Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

c. 100-700

oct

c. 100-700

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

100

ocs

100

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

700

oce

700

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

wood, metal, bone, thread, sinew

omd

wood, metal, bone, thread, sinew

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Arms And Armor

clt

Arms And Armor

Classification Term

false

Creation Place:

possibly Nasca

ocp

possibly Nasca

Creation Place

false

Creation Place:

South Coast

ocp

South Coast

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

Overall:

met

Overall:

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

oon

The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

oop

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1953.271

ooa

1953.271

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of John Wise

ooc

Gift of John Wise

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

orl

<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Male figures painted on Nasca ceramics are often depicted holding a spear-thrower in one hand and a trophy-head in the other, suggesting that this weapon was used in warfare or raiding. Hunters also used spear-throwers, however.

cxd

Male figures painted on Nasca ceramics are often depicted holding a spear-thrower in one hand and a trophy-head in the other, suggesting that this weapon was used in warfare or raiding. Hunters also used spear-throwers, however.

Context

false

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Spear-Thrower