Hooked boomerang · Australia · ID: 3034370
sold
EUR 900
Size
H: 74,5 cm
H: 29.3 inch
Description
hard wood, polychrome paint, the smaller hook-shaped arm forming the beating part, stone-carved flutes, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, metal socle;
called “swan neck” or “number 7”, used as traditional weapon and hunting boomerang as well, used for hunting birds, by throwing the boomerang into a swarm of birds.
Comparing literature
Brüll, M., Die Kultur der Traumzeit, Freiburg o. J., p. 63, ill. 49