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1917.12.3

Boomerang, wooden, curved with pointed ends, reddish-brown in colour with hatched incisions at one end. [AR 15/08/2007]

1917.12.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Boomerang, wooden, curved with pointed ends, reddish-brown in colour with hatched incisions at one end. [AR 15/08/2007]
Geographical reference
Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia
Northern Queensland
Person
Field collector George Horsfall Frodsham
PRM source George Horsfall Frodsham
PRM source Hastings Rashdall
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1917
Date collected
By 1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 1917
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 585 mm, Width: max 60 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.12.3

Search terms: Weapon, Boomerang

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