rabbit stick
English
Noun
rabbit stick (plural rabbit sticks)
- A curved stick similar to a boomerang, used by the Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni to hunt rabbits, prairie dogs, and coyotes.[1]
- 1918, American Anthropologist (American Ethnological Society, Anthropological Society of Washington), volume 20, (January–March):
- The Zuñi rabbit stick (kleane) is colored black and carmine, the war god’s colors.
- 1918, American Anthropologist (American Ethnological Society, Anthropological Society of Washington), volume 20, (January–March):
Synonyms
- kleane
- throwing club
- throwing stick
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