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Object Number 51-32-70/3284
Display Title Returning Boomerang
Descriptions
Inventory Description Boomerang, carved wood, curved, flattened, rounded ends
Classification
  • Boomerang
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kokomini
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland / Northern Queensland / Palm Island
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 60.7 x 7.2 x 0.9 cm (23 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-32-70/3284; Koliomini Tribe / made at Palm Island
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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