Arms and Armor
Spear Thrower
Maker unrecorded. 200 BCE–200 CE. bone, hematite, cotton thread, sinew. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Arms and ArmorObject type
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Arms and Armor
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
CottonMaterial
Cotton recorded in the object's medium.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “bone, hematite, cotton thread, sinew” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
bone, hematite, cotton thread, sinew
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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