- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Returning boomerang, wooden, curve forming an angle. [AR 08/08/2007]
- Long description
- Split of about 5 mm on one wing. [AR 08/08/2007]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1850
- Date collected
- 1825 - 1850
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1945
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 46 mm, Length: max 500 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1945.12.5
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