- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Boomerang, large, wide, curved with pointed ends. Reddish in colour with traces of paint at one end. [AR 15/08/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Queensland Near Cairns Freshwater
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- By 1936
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1936
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 75 mm, Length: max 727 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1936.49.3
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