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New Caledonia - Spear-throwers, made of plaited vegetable fibre cord - British Museum (1837-44)
Codex Magliabechiano, pg 107
Oct 9, 2024 - After looking at 200+ Mexican Codex panels... I am beginning to suspect that some of the illustrations with the "limp" thing are actually "dart throwers" - As they look very similar to the Atal'atal throwers (sheilds, shafts in other hand) but do not have "throwing sticks" = CKS
Codex Magliabechiano, pg 123
Nov 11, 2024 - "Spear Thrower Owl"
Nov 11, 2024 - "Spear Thrower Owl"
Teotihuacan, Atetelco, Patio 3, Portico 1, Murals 2 & 3
Tikal, Marcador, C3
Tikal, Marcador, E3-F3,
syllabic spelling of "spearthrower" as ja-tz'o-ma
Central Maya lowlands, tripod vase K7528
el chamán o sacerdote, era conocido como el nahual. Según la tradición, los nahuales tenían la capacidad de transformarse en animales y penetrar con su alma el cuerpo de un animal o a los fenómenos naturales.
And these MAY also be Atal'atls (Eskimo type)
And these MAY also be Atal'atls (Eskimo type)
Eskimo “Thule Culture” spearthrower from an ancient dwelling at Point Barrow, Alaska.
Image Number: 12130
Tarascan Indian using modern spearthrower for hunting fowl on Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. From Indians of Southern Mexico, by Dr. Frederick Starr
Rock art from the northern Kakadu region of the Northern Territory of Australia
Figure holding two barbed spears in one hand and a broad spearthrower in the other. The barbed spears are known as 'marrgidjba' in the local Kundjeyhmi dialect and are thought to have originated in Central Arnhem Land (Chaloupka 1993:148)
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