Alcheringa Images

Boomerang

Presented by Police Commissioner in Adelaide. Label on the boomerang: «Girrawa Ordinary Boomerang McDonnell Ranges. Arunta Tribe».

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Details

Collector/creator
Alexander Yashchenko
Time collected
1903
Location collected
Arrernte people, Central Australia
Transfer history
Russian Geographical Society, Saint Petersburg > >
Current museum
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Saint Petersburg
Time deposited to current museum
1905
Current museum number
921-57
Material
Wood
Measurements
Length along a straight line 68 cm, length of the shorter wing 26 cm, of the longer wing 44 cm,overall length round the outer curve 70 cm., width max. 4.7 cm.
Source/publication/study
Kabo 1960; Barratt 1982