Primitive Weapons Miscellany: Selected Early Papers on Primitive Weapons Technology

Frank G. Speck/ Philip Ainsworth Means/ Otis T. Mason

ISBN 10: 1616461373 / ISBN 13: 9781616461379

Published by Coachwhip Publications, 2012

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324 pages. 9.10x6.10x0.80 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Primitive Weapons Miscellany: Selected Early Papers on Primitive Weapons Technology
• Publisher: Coachwhip Publications
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616461373
• ISBN 13: 9781616461379
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.48 kilograms

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Synopsis

Primitive Weapons Miscellany collects seven early papers on primitive weapons like boomerangs, harpoons, slings, and blowguns, taken primarily from anthropological journals. These papers show examples of the weapons, and describe their use in hunting prey. This volume includes facsimile reprints of The Cane Blowgun in Catawba and Southeastern Ethnology (Frank G. Speck), Boomerangs (Gilbert T. Walker), Australian Throwing Sticks, Throwing-Clubs, and Boomerangs (D. S. Davidson), Distribution and Use of Slings in Pre-Columbian America . . . (Philip Ainsworth Means), Sling Contrivances for Projectile Weapons (F. Krause), Throwing Sticks in the National Museum (Otis T. Mason), and Aboriginal American Harpoons (Otis T. Mason).