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Smithsonian Atlatls

These are pictures from a visit to the Smithsonian Warehouse in Washington D.C. to see all the atlatls in their archives.
Also visited were the Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute, and some Washington DC viewing. They used the Metro for their transportation.
You may see some duplicate photos.... #1 to 67 are from Steve Barnett, #68 to 121 are from Sharon Keefer, #132 to 138 are by Mark Bracken.
Sharon says:
Hi,

About the visit to the Smithsonian and it\'s warehouse...

When we learned last year that some of our European atlatl friends were coming to hunt in archery season, we thought a trip to The Smithsonian to view atlatl related history would be a treat for them, us too. We contacted The Museum via an internet site we found and cyber met, David Rosenthal, Assistant Collections Manager for the Museum. David sent us lists of atlatls from different parts of the world and asked us to mark which throwers we would like to look at, since time was going to be limited. After sending the lists back to him, we set the date for our trip. September 11th put a very abrupt halt to that trip. When the European gang contacted us this year about attempting again to come to Pennsylvania for archery season, we emailed David and he set the visit up for us once more. This time, he didn\'t ask which atlatls we wanted to look at, but offered every one he had. We had a very nice tour, led by David in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum warehouse and were permitted to spend as much time as we wished to for browsing. The following people were mesmerized for hours! Jean Jacques Durancet, his wife Brigette, Claude Berducou, Steve Barnett, Mark Bracken, JoAnne and Gary Fogelman and Terry and Sharon Keefer.

And, that\'s about it.

Date(s): October 3, 2002. Album by Margie. Photos by Barnett, Keefer, Bracken. 1 - 138 of 138 Total. 121 Visits.

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- doug bell, Tue, 4 Oct 2011 8:19PM

I\'ve been playing with Atlatls for about 2 years now and I\'m hooked for good. I was disappointed not to see any pictures of the points? You show case fulls of Darts but the points look like they\'re covered? I did see the one made of wood though. Did anyone get any pictures of the points?
- Tracey Dunlap, Sat, 23 Jan 2010 5:41PM

cool trip
- Gary Thompson, Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:27PM

Wow, what a nice resource of spearthrower fotos. Did anyone besides myself ever notice the resemblances between some atlatls and the less decoritive forms of the Chinese Ru Yi scepters?
- Chad Manderscheid, Thu, 23 Aug 2007 1:31PM

I am a love of the atlatl and I wish I was in a club. Thanks for the site.
- grover, Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:48AM

your pictures helped me with a book I am writing, worth a thousand words
- Junius Kerr, Thu, 3 Nov 2005 4:10PM

This has been a long time interest, finally built a set, still needs refining
- Del Hogen, Mon, 25 Jul 2005 8:13AM

Thanks... this info and photos really helped me with a special project here in Alaska
- Gretchen Sagan, Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:19AM

- jon, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 9:20PM

Thanks. Am planning similar trip. Am doing a photo collection of atlatls. Pics are wonderful. Tx, Tx.
- Al Papai, Mon, 30 Aug 2004 1:12AM

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4 alaska 2 Edit Add Description	5 Alaska 3 Edit Add Description	6 Alaska 4 Edit Add Description
7 Alaska bering Straight 2 Edit Add Description	8 Alaska Bering Straight Edit Add Description	9 alaska foreshafts Edit Add Description
10 Alaska hafting Edit Add Description	11 Alaska Edit Add Description	12 Aleutian Island Edit Add Description
13 Aleutian Island 1 Edit Add Description	14 Aleutian Island 2 Edit Add Description	15 Aleutian Island 3 Edit Add Description
16 Aleutian Island 4 Edit Add Description	17 Australia 1 Edit Add Description	18 Australia 2 Edit Add Description
19 Australia 3 Edit Add Description	20 Australia 4 Edit Add Description	21 Boyca Island 1 Edit Add Description
22 Canada 1 Edit Add Description	23 Canada 2 Edit Add Description	24 Canada 3 Edit Add Description
25 Canada 4 Edit Add Description	26 Greenland 1 Edit Add Description	27 Greenland 2 Edit Add Description
28 Greenland 3 Edit Add Description	29 group 1 Edit Add Description	30 group 2 Edit Add Description
31 group 3 Edit Add Description	32 Jean-Jaques replica atlatl\'s Edit Shar Keefer: We were VERY suprised when JJ presented these to The Keefer Family as gifts. These are gifts he made while here! Edit "We were VERY surprised when JJ prese..." View Comments...	33 Mayan (Hulche) Edit Add Description
34 Mvc-006s Edit Add Description "A Beretta and an AK-47, please :))" View Comments...	35 Mvc-007s Edit H2ODOG\'s ATLATL Edit	36 Mvc-008s Edit Add Description
37 Mvc-009s Edit Add Description	38 Mvc-011s Edit Add Description	39 Mvc-012s Edit Add Description
40 Mvc-013s Edit Add Description	41 Mvc-014s Edit Add Description	42 Mvc-018s Edit Add Description
43 Mvc-019s Edit Add Description	44 Mvc-020s Edit Add Description	45 Mvc-021s Edit Add Description
46 Mvc-864s Edit Add Description	47 Mvc-868s Edit Add Description	48 Mvc-875s Edit Add Description
49 Add Title Say that again and I\'ll bitch-slap you. AGAIN Edit "HA HA HA!" View Comments...	50 Mvc-890s Edit Add Description	51 Mvc-891s Edit Add Description
52 Mvc-892s Edit Add Description	53 New Guinea 1 Edit Add Description	54 New guinea 2 Edit It was hard to figure out how this atlatl functioned, but it was neat. Edit
55 New Guinea 3 Edit Add Description	56 New Guinea 4 Edit Add Description	57 New Guinea Edit Add Description
58 Nome Alaska 1 Edit Add Description	59 Nome Alaska 2 Edit Add Description	60 Tarascan (Michoacan, Mex) Edit Add Description
61 Tarascan 1 Edit Add Description	62 Tarascan 2 Edit Add Description	63 Tarascan 3 Edit Add Description
64 Mvc-003s Edit Add Description	65 racks of racks Edit Add Description	66 Mvc-022s Edit Add Description
67 Mvc-024s Edit Add Description	68 Warehouse 1 Edit Add Description	69 Whouse 2 Edit Add Description
70 Whouse 3 Edit Add Description	71 Whouse10 Edit Add Description	72 Whouse11 Edit wow! Edit
73 Whouse12 Edit Add Description	74 Whouse13 Edit This was another atlatl which was hard to figure out how it was used. Edit "My parents are from Java; my father ..." View Comments...	75 Whouse14 Edit h Edit "h" View Comments...
76 Whouse15 Edit Add Description	77 Whouse16 Edit Add Description	78 Whouse17 Edit Add Description
79 Whouse18 Edit Add Description	80 Whouse19 Edit Add Description	81 Whouse20 Edit Claude took notes and measurements of a couple of the items. Edit
82 Whouse21 Edit Add Description	83 Dreamer Edit Add Description	84 Whouse23 Edit Add Description
85 Whouse24 Edit Add Description	86 Whouse25 Edit Add Description	87 Whouse26 Edit Add Description
88 Whouse4 Edit Add Description	89 Whouse5 Edit Add Description	90 Whouse6 Edit Add Description "These look like dual-purpose weapons..." View Comments...
91 Whouse7 Edit Add Description	92 Whouse8 Edit One theory as to why atlatls would have been made so small was that they might have been toys. Perhaps they were just made that way for small people to use. Edit "You need look no farther than the In..." "They could have been used for fishin..." "And huge atlatls may have been the c..." View Comments...	93 Whouse9 Edit Add Description
94 Steve can\'t get enough atlatl answers eh Gary Edit Add Description	95 Whouse29 Edit Add Description	96 Being Crushed by a Machine Edit AAAAAAAHHHH!!! Don\'t just stand there - Help Me!!!! Edit
97 Whouse28 Edit Add Description	98 Whouse31 Edit Add Description	99 Whouse30 Edit Add Description
100 Brigette at Air and Space Museum Edit Add Description	101 Flight around the world Edit Add Description	102 Gary was in space wrkshp Edit Add Description
103 GF, JoAnne and Mark Air and Space Edit Add Description	104 Jean Jacques Air and Space Edit Add Description	105 Mark thinking as usual Edit Add Description "Beer has this effect on men :))" View Comments...
106 They are setting up our dinner tables Edit Add Description "Between an airplane and a reentry ca..." View Comments...	107 Hope Diamond 2 Edit Add Description "ggtgg" View Comments...	108 Story of Hope Diamon Edit Add Description
109 Hope Diamond Edit Liz Taylor claims she had this in her you-know-where more than three times. Each time it caused her to have multiple orgasms. Money does that to women. Edit	110 Opal Edit Add Description	111 More opal Edit Add Description
112 In front of Washington Monument Edit Add Description	113 A tired group Edit Add Description	114 Gary in front of Capitol Edit Add Description
115 Add Title Jo stands look-out while Brigette takes a leak behind the bushes Edit	116 Terry is ready for a seat Edit Add Description	117 Jo and Brigette are ready for Metro home Edit Add Description
118 Fogelmans Metro Edit Add Description	119 JJ and Brigette Metro Edit Add Description	120 Terry out of Metro Edit Add Description
121 Terry Edit His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in Him that Nature might stand up and say to all the World "This Was a Man." Edit "His life was gentle, and the element..." View Comments...	122 P1010007 Edit Add Description	123 P1010015 Edit Add Description
124 P1010016 Edit Add Description	125 P1010017 Edit Add Description "tarascan atlatl used for war and hun..." View Comments...	126 P1010018 Edit Add Description "Two multiple prong points like this ..." View Comments...
127 P1010025 Edit Add Description "Man that is long! I have made and u..." View Comments...	128 P1010027 Edit Add Description	129 P1010028 Edit Add Description
130 P1010031 Edit Add Description	131 P1010033 Edit Add Description "Another wonderful sample of a sea ma..." View Comments...	132 P1010034 Edit Add Description
133 P1010036 Edit Add Description	134 Giant Dominoes Edit Add Description	135 P1010045 Edit Add Description
136 Intruder Edit Would somebody please get this elephant out of the rotunda! Edit	137 P1010029 Edit Add Description	138 P1010030 Edit Add Description

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