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Object Number
51-32-70/3282
Display Title
Returing Boomerang
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Boomerang, carved, symmetrical in shape, both ends pointed
Classification
- Boomerang
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kokomini
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Queensland
/
Northern Queensland
/
Palm Island
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 41 x 5.2 x 1 cm (16 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51-32-70/3282; Made at Palm I. Settlement. / Queensland
Provenance
Collector
Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition
(06/26/1951)
Collector
Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell
(06/26/1951)
Collector
N.B. Tindale
(06/26/1951)
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