This new throwing stick was crafted here guided by personal examination of the original artifact in the Smithsonian Museum collections, from the Hopi culture with a collection date of the early 1900s.  It follows the same measurements at 25.25 inches, and was made in an Oak branch that had the correct natural elbow shape for this project. The original wood was not listed in the archives for this rabbitstick, and it was one of the painted sticks in this study. By following the airfoil contour cross sections, testing resulted in a stick that flew low and level for about 40 yards(hunting range), with a rise and curve to the left at the end of its flight path to around 75 yards. This type of stick was originally used in the American Southwest to hunt small game such as rabbits, designed to hover low over the ground without dropping or raising too much, so a lot of tuning with scraping was done to straighten out this flight path. Once near correct dimensions, tuning with heat bending was preferable so that the correction dimensions were not lost by removing wood.  This piece was tested in target games in the field, and heating bending tests were done until kept a low hover over hunting range of less than 40 yards.  It has now been retired at that point, shown in the video above.  This stick was meant to be an accurate replica in dimensions, as well as functional thrower.  Unpainted pictures and video show the stick after testing, and once tested to flight limits, without removing wood that would alter dimensions. It is retired from testing, painted to match the original and still ready to throw or use for display/teaching collection to show this type of tool as being more sophisticated than a simple stick.