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Some variations on atlatls

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cracker:
what purpose do the stones serve?

swamp monkey:
The simple stones seem to be tuning weights.   The winged stones generate some debate.  They are also thought by some to be tuning weights but they really are hefty.  The one thing I can verify is that they soften the swish noise a thrower in action  makes.  The sound is lower pitch and lower volume.  Is this a by product or grand design . . . I have no idea.  They look cool though!

Pappy:
Beautiful work,very nice stuff. :)
   Pappy

swamp monkey:
These items with exception of one are on display at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. The tube shaped bannerstone is a real artifact from the Archaic period.  The winged bannerstone and is a replica of one that came from Cape Girardeau County.  The bannerstone on the basketmaker style atlatl is a soapstone replica. 

swamp monkey:
The bluff dweller atlatl is one that is copied from a find at a series of bluffs in SW Missouri and NW Arkansas.  It has a peg handle. 

Of the two cane atlatls I like the male spur type better than the female. Both work though.

The pic with multiple atlatls is a group of them I made for friends and coworkers.  Simple and effective. 

Here is a closer look at the Aztec one hole atlatl with dogbane cordage handle. 

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