Shield and two boomerangs · Australia, Central · ID: 3047187
Description
a) Aranda, shield, wood (bean tree), red ochre, kaolin, traces of fighting visible, collection no. “172K 2951”, traces of humidity, h: 67 cm; w: 23 cm; b) classic hunting boomerang, l: 66 cm; c) South Australia, hunting boomerang, l: 61 cm
The object Shield and two boomerangs with the object ID 3047187 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 36 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Museum für Völkerkunde Freiburg, "Die Kultur der Traumzeit", Freiburg 1991, ill. 64 (a) Jones, Philip, Boomerang, Kent Town 1996, p. 79