Throwing stick, Australia, Desert East

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Item X 97326 Wartilykirri | Boomerang. Alyawarr. Macdonnell Downs Station, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. 1966

Local Name

Wartilykirri

Physical Description

Hooked shaped boomerang made of Mulga wood. Anterior surface is convex and fluted. Posterior surface is flat and adzed. Both surfaces have been covered with red ochre.

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Object/Medium

Boomerang
Maker

Unrecorded
Cultural Groups

Alyawarr
Locality

Macdonnell Downs Station, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

1966
Collector

Mr Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria
Date Collected

1995
Object Measurements

830 mm (Length), 320 mm (Width), 25 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Working country
Date Made

1966
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Not Recorded
Place Made

Macdonnell Downs Station, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Desert, Australia
Collection Names

The Christensen Fund Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 97326 Wartilykirri | Boomerang. Alyawarr. Macdonnell Downs Station, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. 1966

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