Boomerang Item Number: 3615/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Brown-grey wooden boomerang with painted designs across surface; back is flat, front is curved. Left arm of boomerang is slightly wider than the longer right; left arm tapers to a point, right has a round end. Elbow has a high curve. Alternating band and chevron pattern along length of boomerang; done in black and trimmed with white dots. End of left arm also done in black, with a white dot border. Back is undecorated.
According to the donor, the seed necklaces and boomerangs (3615/1-8) were collected in the 1970s-80s in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, in the areas of Halls Creek, Looma Broome and Derby.