Classic hunting boomerang, 19th century ·  Central Australia · ID: 3043423

Description

wood, red ochre, carved with parallel incisions on the upper convex side, min. dam., slightly blotched.
The hunting boomerang eliminated the need to carry a number of different tools. It was used as a knife, a hammer or club, a digging tool, for making fire by friction, for musical accompaniment as a percussion instrument - as well as its main function as a hunting or fighting weapon.

The object Classic hunting boomerang, 19th century with the object ID 3043423 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 57 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Jones, Philip, Boomerang, Kent Town 1996, p. 87