Musée de Nemours

The thruster is a weapon that has been used for thousands of years for hunting, fishing and warfare.
The weapon consists of a stick with a support on or in which a projectile is inserted: the assegai.
The exhibition takes you from the world of prehistoric hunters in Europe, where the thruster first appeared some 24,000 years ago, to the deserts inhabited by the Aborigines of Australia, via New Guinea and the icy expanses of the Arctic, not forgetting the forests of Amazonia and the plains of North America. The thruster is a testament to human ingenuity and the ability to adapt to a wide variety of sometimes extreme environments.
The exhibition features the finest prehistoric artifacts and ethnographic objects from around the world.
Exhibition produced in collaboration with the Musée du Malgré-Tout, Treignes, Belgium.