Boomerang
P1894
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Alye |
| Object Number | P1894 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Arrernte |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Red Ochre |
| Description | A wooden symmetrical boomerang. The boomerang has small etchings on one side including wavy lines that intersect and small dots. “Totem of Gidyear country natives. Represents ‘rat’.” |
| Length | 86.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 11 - Other Number |
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