id: 294066 accession number: 2017.58 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.58 updated: 2022-01-13 10:05:32.425000 Thumb Rest of a Spear Thrower, 600–1000. Andes, Wari people. Bone; overall: 7.1 x 2.1 cm (2 13/16 x 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2017.58 title: Thumb Rest of a Spear Thrower title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 600–1000 creation date earliest: 600 creation date latest: 1000 current location: 232 Andean creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Andes, Wari people technique: Bone department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Implements find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 7.1 x 2.1 cm (2 13/16 x 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Margrith Brenner of Zurich, Switzerland, sold to a Private Collector date: Early 1950s-1994 footnotes: citations: Private Collector, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1994-2017 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2017- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Spear throwers, also called atlatls, use leverage to propel a spear faster and farther. digital description: This object was lashed to a spear thrower, where it served as a thumb rest or grip. The imagery is suited to the use: a supernatural being throttles a human, turning its head to expose its throat to a knife the being holds in one hand. Thus, the scene captures the crucial moment of an offering likely intended to assure the benevolence of divine forces. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.58/2017.58_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.58/2017.58_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.58/2017.58_full.tif