Throwing stick, Australia, Desert East

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Item X 72058 Alye | Boomerang. Arrernte. Hermannsburg, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1966

Local Name

Alye

Physical Description

Boomerang made from Mulga wood. Elliptic in shape. Biconvex cross-section. Decorated on one side with painted animals: bird in grass in centre, goanna on ground in bushes at either end.

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Object/Medium

Boomerang
Maker

Oskar Namatjira
Cultural Groups

Arrernte
Locality

Hermannsburg, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1966
Date Collected

1965
Object Measurements

600 mm (Length), 140 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Date Made

about 1950
Maker

Oskar Namatjira
Clan/Language Group

Western Arrernte
Place Made

Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Desert, Australia
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 72058 Alye | Boomerang. Arrernte. Hermannsburg, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1966

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Place Made

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