Throwing stick, Australia, Spencer

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Item X 94992 Boomerang, Kali, Pitjantjatjara, Yalata, Spencer, South Australia, Australia

Physical Description

Curved asymmetrical boomerang with tapered ends. Plano-convex in cross section. Anterior surface is decorated with an incised pattern of kangaroos and eagle against an outback scene. Incised lines have been infilled with white ochre. Posterior side is smooth and undecorated.

Local Name

Kali

More Information

Collection Names

The Christensen Fund Collection
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic
Maker

Unrecorded
Date Made

before 1975
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Pitjantjatjara
Place Made

Yalata, South Australia, Australia
Indigenous Region

Spencer, Australia
Locality

Yalata, Spencer, South Australia, Australia
Cultural Groups

Pitjantjatjara
Object/Medium

Boomerang
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Animal creations
Category

Indigenous Collections
Discipline

Anthropology
Type of item

Object
Object Measurements

770 mm (Length), 190 mm (Width), 20 mm (Height)
Keywords

Art

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Item X 94992 Boomerang, Kali, Pitjantjatjara, Yalata, Spencer, South Australia, Australia

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