- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Boomerang, flat and slightly curved, painted white at one end, also with bands of red and white. [El.B 20/4/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Northern Territory Western Australia South Australia
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1900
- Date collected
- By 1900
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1900
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 705 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1900.55.122
Search terms: Weapon, Dance, Ritual and Ceremonial, Boomerang, Dance Accessory, Ceremonial Object
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