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Boomerang

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Boomerang

Date:: late 19th–early 20th century
Geography:: Australia, probably western Queensland, Queensland or Victoria
Culture:: Probably western Queensland
Medium:: Wood, pigment
Dimensions:: H. 5 13/16 x W. 26 3/8 in. (14.8 x 67 cm)
Classification:: Wood-Implements
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.1552

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

[Watson O'Dell Pierce, Archaeological Artifacts & Antiques, New York, until 1959]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1959, on permanent loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1959–1978
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