Spear Thrower

200 BCE–200 CE Overall: 5.8 x 2 cm (2 5/16 x 13/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.507

Spear throwers improve a spear's range and thrust. The spear was placed against the stone pivot and hurled using the thumb rest, carved as a figure with a skeletal chest, back-bent head, and a severed human head at its rear. This figure, frequent in art, is not well understood...

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