Boomerang
P1892
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Alye |
| Object Number | P1892 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Arrernte |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia |
| Locus | From a grave in Sand Country, South Australia [Historic Attribute] |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | A wooden symmetrical boomerang with detailed markings. The front side is covered with small, white pigmented line designs etched along the body of the boomerang on the front side. The back of the boomerang is plain except for wide fluting and two black vertical lines in the middle of the boomerang. The design on the front of the boomerang has a set of wavy lines running horizontally down the middle of the body with small dash marks along the top and bottom of the wavy lines. Two other sets of wavy lines run along the top and bottom of the boomerang. Two columns of vertical lines intersect the wavy lines in the middle of the boomerang. |
| Length | 85 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 12 - Other Number |
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