Boomerang

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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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967-71-70/4645	Boomerang	Boomerang	Northern Territory
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54-12-70/3588	Boomerang	Boomerang	Australia
51-32-70/3403	Boomerang	Boomerang	Cooper Creek
51-32-70/3515	Boomerang	Boomerang	Northern Territory
51-32-70/3516	Boomerang	Boomerang	Northern Territory
51-32-70/3517	Boomerang	Boomerang	Northern Territory
51-32-70/3518	Wooden boomerang	Boomerang	Northern Territory
51-32-70/3519	Boomerang	Boomerang	Northern Territory
51-32-70/3281	Fluter Fighting Boomerang	Boomerang	Queensland
51-32-70/3283	Returing Boomerang	Boomerang	Palm Island
51-32-70/3284	Returning Boomerang	Boomerang	Palm Island

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