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Object Number 51-32-70/3520
Display Title Boomerang
Descriptions
Inventory Description Boomerang, carved wood, curved, blackened at both ends
Classification
  • Boomerang
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms South Central
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 87.5 x 6.2 x 1.8 cm (34 7/16 x 2 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-32-70/3520; A34535 / South Cent. Aust type
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition (6/26/1951)
Collector N.B. Tindale (1951)
Collector Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell (1951)

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