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Boomerang3114/3

Wooden boomerang. Object has a long dingle with a slightly outward curving tip. Lifting arm is slightly wider, and elbow has a soft curve.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boomerang2919/12

Large wooden boomerang, curved, tapered and rounded slightly at each end and tapered on the edges. The central portion is painted a light brownish pink, while each end has white dots painted onto the natural wood.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1721

Plain, dark brown wood boomerang that has a ridged texture of curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang while also having an appearance similar to that of having had flakes chipped off. Same texture on both sides. .

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1607

Red-brown wood boomerang that has curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang. Same texture on both sides. The top side has a main design that consists of a 'painted' brown serpent outlined by white dots and surrounded by white speckles. Near one end, there is a horizontal brown band outlined by white dots with the rouned end all in white. The bottom side has a design that consists of the following from the rounded end all in white to the other plain end: a plain angled H-shape; a horizontal brown band outlined by white dots; a plain arrow pointing toward the concave edge oultined by white dots and surrounded by white speckles with a horizontal brown band outlined by white dots at either side; and a white-speckled area. Some black used.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1595

Plain, dark brown wood boomerang that has a ridged texture of curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang. Same texture on both sides. Near the middle of one end, the wood contracts and shrinks inward and then bulges outward to a rounded end. For use with the left hand.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1605

Plain, red-brown wood boomerang that has grooved curvi-linear lines that follow the shape of the boomerang and a smooth handle. Same texture on both sides. Wood is of a lighter colour along the lower portion ends of each concave edge with another two sets along the convex edge at either side of the outer elbow.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1604

Plain brown wood boomerang that has smooth sides.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1541

Plain, orange-brown wood boomerang that has smooth sides. One end of one side has horizontal cuts along a two inch section.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Queensland, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1728

Brown wooden boomerang with smooth sides. The top side has a main design that consists of fine broken angular curving and horizontal zigzag lines; the bottom side is plain.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoomerangC1598

Red-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. Bands of white and black ochre on red. Main design consists of the following from one end to the other: a large section of white at one end with two horizontal bands of black that have white dots within; a long plain section in the middle; a horizontal band of black that is outlined by white dots; and a multiple horizontal grooved section that has a grooved x-shape within.

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