Boomerang
P1891
From: Australia | South Australia | Murrumbidgee River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1891 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia | Murrumbidgee River |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | The collector, J.T. Huston, labeled this object as coming from the Arrernte people; however, the geographical location does not align with the Arrernte territory and therefore the object has not been assigned a cultural group. A wooden returning boomerang. The wood is almost completely black except for the tips of the boomerang. There is a chip on the upper part of one of the arms of the boomerang. Huston incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as “Orooinya”. |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 10 - Other Number |
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