Classic hunting boomerang, 19th century · Central Australia · ID: 3043423
sold
EUR 400
Size
L: 67,5 cm
L: 26.6 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Jones, Philip, Boomerang, Kent Town 1996, p. 87