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1914.34.6

Returning boomerang, small, greatly curved, reddish colour. [AR 15/08/2007]

1914.34.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Returning boomerang, small, greatly curved, reddish colour. [AR 15/08/2007]
Geographical reference
Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia
Queensland
Person
Field collector T. Herbert Brown
PRM source T. Herbert Brown
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1914
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 08/1914
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 485 mm, Width: max 60 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.34.6
Research and responses

Between Thursday 27th August and Thursday the 3rd September 1914, Henry Balfour was a guest of Mr T. Herbert Brown's while staying in Brisbane as part of the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Australia (See his diary of the trip). On Sunday 30th he looked at Mr Brown’s collection of native curios + tried some of the boomerangs in the paddock. He must have been given these objects on that occassion. [CRFW 27/1/2003]

Search terms: Weapon, Boomerang

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