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Decorated Cross Boomerang
Object Number 51-32-70/3291.1
Display Title Decorated Cross Boomerang
Descriptions
Inventory Description Communication artifact, art 3-D, carved wood, rectangular, flat, tapered ends, perforations, painted with red, white, yellow, black designs, one stick, smoothed
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kongkandji
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Grafton
Materials Wood Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 × 5.3 × 1.6 cm (16 3/4 × 2 1/16 × 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 51-32-70/3291; Jindjar of tsurkand je Te / Cape Grafton / fishbone of Salmon / Baanarubi
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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