Throwing stick

It became obsolete as slings and bows became more prevalent, except on the Australian continent, where the native people continued refining the basic design.

Throwing sticks shaped like returning boomerangs are designed to fly straight to a target at long ranges, their surfaces acting as airfoils.

The ancient Egyptians used throwing sticks to hunt small game and waterfowl, as seen in several wall paintings.

Gimel, the third letter of many Semitic alphabets, may have been named after a weapon that was either a staff sling or a throwing stick, ultimately deriving from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph based on an Egyptian hieroglyph.

Some variations of the throwing stick are 2 to 3 ft (61 to 91 cm) long pieces of thick hardwood, usually about the circumference of the user's wrist.