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Object Number 87-25-70/43936
Display Title Boomerang
Descriptions
Object Description Boomerang
Inventory Description Organic, wood, tool, boomerang, V-shaped, incised designs at ends, chipped
Classification
  • Boomerang
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 40.9 x 6.1 x 0.7 cm (16 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 43936
Provenance
Collector Capt. Newell
Donor Donated by Miss A. E. Newell (05/21/1887)

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