Boomerang
Queensland
Australia
Wood
Overall: 27 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 in. (70 × 6 × 1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard Jaquith Fowle, Class of 1934
172.1.25279
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nathaniel Dominy, Spring 2015
Provenance
Collected from a "trader" in Brisbane, Australia in the mid-1940's by Richard Jaquith Fowle (1912-1972, Class of 1934, Thetford, Vermont; given to present collection, 1972.
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