CH07_ABORIGINAL WALBIRI MUDBURA HOOKED BOOMERANG FLUTED. A NICE HOOKED BOOMERANG FROM THE NORTHERN DESERT WITH TULA OR POSSUM TOOTH ETCHED FLUTING. REPAIRED SPLIT AT TOP OF SHAFT AS SHOWN. THE HOOK WHEN THROWN WOULD CATCH THE OPPONENTS SHIELD AND WHIP AROUND INFLICTING INJURY.
THEY WERE WIDELY SORT AFTER BY TRIBES AND WIDELY TRADED. PLEASE SEE SCAN FOR ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF CONDITION.THE ITEMS WERE FIELD COLLECTED OR BOUGHT FROM EX-PATS RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA AFTER PNG INDEPENDENCE IN 1975. ITEMS ARE AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD & MOST A LOT OLDER.
ON MY WEBSITE ArtifactCollector THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF ITEMS INCLUDING MUSEUM QUALITY PIECES WITH MORE BEING ADDED. This item is in the category "Collectables\Cultural, Religious\Aboriginal". The seller is "artifactcollector" and is located in this country: AU. This item can be shipped worldwide.