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Left to right: Spear-thrower (atlatl), Original: Le Mas-d'Azil, France, c. 13,000 BCE, Cast of the original carved reindeer antler now in the Musée de Préhistoire du Mas d’Azil, Prepared with assistance from the Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireul. Katsushika Hokusai, Kingfisher, Irises and Wild Pinks, 1834, Colour woodblock print, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Katsushika Hokusai, Peonies and Butterfly, c. 1830s, Colour woodblock print, The British Museum, London. Image courtesy of Mona, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia