Boomerang

P1906

From: Australia | South Australia | Central Australia

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Kylie
Object Number P1906
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Australia | South Australia | Central Australia
Period Late Colonial Australia Period
Date Made 1850-1900 CE
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

A wooden symmetrical boomerang. There is thin fluting on one side and faint incision on the other side. The incisions are cross-hatched triangles running along the top and bottom of the boomerang with a wavy line running down the middle. There is a vertical black line in the middle of the boomerang on the fluted side.

Length 111 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907

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