Seven classic papers are compiled and reprinted in this anthology of primitive weapons technology, describing styles, creation, and usage of boomerangs, slings, spear-throwers, harpoons, blowguns, and throwing sticks. Most are illustrated. These are primarily anthropological papers, with an emphasis on specimens in collections, but there is a good deal of practical and historical information for the primitive weapons enthusiast.
Papers included are: The Cane Blowgun in Catawba and Southeastern Ethnology (Speck), Boomerangs (Walker), Australian Throwing Sticks, Throwing-Clubs, and Boomerangs (Davidson), Distribution and Use of Slings in Pre-Columbian America (Means), Sling Contrivances for Projectile Weapons (Krause), Throwing Sticks in the National Museum (Mason), and Aboriginal American Harpoons (Mason).
