Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Index: Implement, Hunting

Works of Art (14)

Bannerstone, ca. 2000 B.C.; Archaic, Archaic peoples; United States, Ohio, Banded slate (1979.206.403)
Boomerang, 19th–early 20th century, Probably Boulia region, western Queensland, Australia, Wood (1979.206.1552)
Boomerang, 19th–early 20th century, Wardaman people, Northern Territory, Australia, Wood (1979.206.1539)
Boomerang, late 19th–early 20th century, Northern Territory, Australia, Wood (1979.206.1667)
Boomerang, mid- to late 19th century, Western Kimberley Region, Western Australia, Wood, paint (1979.206.1608)

Harpoon Counterweight, 2nd–3rd century, Old Bering Sea peoples; Alaska, Ivory (walrus) (1975.311)
Harpoon Head, 4th–5th century, Old Bering Sea peoples; Alaska, Ivory (walrus) (1981.358.1)
Hunting sword, ca. 1851, French (Paris), Silver, cast, chased, partly gilt; gilt copper; steel (1987.161)
Incised Celt, 10th–6th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Jade (jadeite) (1978.412.5)
Needles, hooks, and harpoon, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.), Japan, Bone (1975.268.327, 337, 341, 343, 345)
Pair of stirrups, late 16th–early 17th century, Japan, Iron, lacquer, and mother-of-pearl (2008.120.1, 2008.120.2)
Spear Thrower, 19th–early 20th century, Kalgoorlie Region (?), Western Australia, Wood, spinifex resin, sinew, stone (1978.412.837)
Throw Sticks, probably 1927–28 season, Harry Burton (English), The Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gelatin silver print TAA 1175)
Throwing Club, mid-19th–early 20th century, Southeastern region, Australia, Wood (1978.412.870)

Thematic Essays (4)