Hooked Boomerang (Wirlki)
Warlpiri
Central Australia
Northern Territory
Australia
about 1960
Wood and pigment
Overall: 30 5/8 × 9 9/16 × 11/16 in. (77.8 × 24.3 × 1.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Kenneth and Sara Hale in memory of Robert Locke Hale, Class of 1931, and Floyd Orlin Hale, Class of 1903
996.44.30349
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected in Australia by Sarah Whitaker Hale (1932-2011) and Kenneth Locke Hale (1934-2001), 1960; given to present collection, 1996.
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