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BoomerangC1608

Orange-brown wood boomerang that has a simple grooved pattern with the bottom side being relatively smooth and the top side having curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang. The bottom side is plain. Near one end there are several horizontal lines. Rubbed with red ochre.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1718

Dark brown-black wood boomerang that has smooth sides and angled, pointed ends. Bottom side is plain. Top side has a main design that consists of herring bone bands and semi circles to create plain hourglass shaped panels in six sets.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1727

Brown wood boomerang that has curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang. The top side has finer grooves while the bottom side has wider grooves.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1542

Plain, dark wood boomerang that has rounded, smooth sides. A band of lighter coloured wood is along the inner elbow along the concave edge.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1543

Dark brown wood boomerang that has smooth sides. The bottom side is plain. The top side has a main design that consists of a geometric linear design with semi-ovals, lozenges, and triangles with dashes throughout.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1495

A rounded wood boomerang that has simple parallel zigzag linear designs which are charred in places on the decorated top side face. This design consists of a double zigzag line (that are parallel to one another but) on either side of a central band of multiple curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang. Pairs of vertical dashes are throughout. The back has a wavy texture with diagonal grooves along the convex edge.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1587

Plain brown wood boomerang that has a grooved texture that appears similar to that of having had flakes chipped off. Same texture on both sides. From one end to the other, the colour of the wood goes from darker and along the concave edge to lighter.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
New South Wales, Australia ? or Queensland, Australia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1592

Light yellow-brown wood boomerang that has smooth sides. Main design on both sides consists of three vertical bands of crescents burned in with two side-by-side lines having the crescents facing in the same direction while the other line has the crescents facing in the opposite direction.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1596

Red-brown wood boomerang that has a ridged grooved texture that appears similar to that of having had flakes chipped off. Same texture on both sides. The wood is of a yellow colour along the concave edge near the lower portion of one end

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1597

Plain, red-brown wood boomerang that has smooth sides. A band of lighter coloured wood is along the inner elbow along the concave edge.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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