Boomerang
Northern Territory
Australia
collected 1935
Wood
Overall: 29 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (76 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Miss Hilda C. Foster
159.22.14423
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased on a trip from Alice Springs to Darwin, Australia by Miss Hilda Chase Foster [1891-1979], Norwich, Vermont, 1935; given to present collection, 1959.
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