Throwing-sticks in the National Museum Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1890, pages 279-289

"Throwing-Sticks in the National Museum" by Otis Tufton Mason is a scientific study that looks at how different Arctic and subarctic groups, like the Eskimo and Aleut, used throwing-sticks. The book carefully sorts and describes different kinds of throwing-sticks, explaining how they're made and where they come from. The book gives special attention to how each part of the throwing-stick, like the handle and the shaft, is made differently in places like Greenland, Alaska, and the Yukon. This helps the reader understand how these tools were important for hunting and fishing in these areas and how they show the connection between nature, culture, and the way people made tools long ago.