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Birdstone
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Birdstone

Artist Tom Huff (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Seneca-Cayuga, Deer Clan)
MediumStone, Brazilian soapstone
Dimensions6 1/2” L x 1 1/4” H x 3/4” W
SignedBottom: Tom Huff
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund
Object numberNA2001.02.HOW
DescriptionBased on the form of prehistoric stone counterweights for a spear thrower (atlatl)
ClassificationsSculpture
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