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Spear Thrower

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Wari
MEDIUM Stone
  • Place Found: Peru
  • DATES 700-1000
    PERIOD Middle Horizon Period
    DIMENSIONS 3 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (8.9 x 2.9 x 8.3 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 86.224.30
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Carved stone spear thrower with kneeling human figure wearing a four-cornered cap with flaps hanging down the sides and back. He carries a bow and arrow in one hand and an axe in the other. Amber-colored stone with traces of red pigment around the figure's neck, bottom of legs, and the objects in hands. Condition: good; nose slightly damaged.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Wari. Spear Thrower, 700-1000. Stone, 3 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (8.9 x 2.9 x 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.224.30_profile_left_PS6.jpg)
    IMAGE profile, 86.224.30_profile_left_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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    Wari. <em>Spear Thrower</em>, 700-1000. Stone, 3 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (8.9 x 2.9 x 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.224.30_profile_left_PS6.jpg)