A BOOMERANG
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Artefacts and Carvings
Western Australia,
Broome Region
A BOOMERANG
of plano-convex section, the surface replete with fine stone cut adzed markings and decorated with broad bands of red and white natural pigments
58.5 cm length
inscribed verso: N W AUST / NO. 150
Estimate:
$1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $5,040 (inc. BP) in Auction 15 - 21 July 2010, Melbourne
Provenance
Entwistle Gallery, London, cat. BO26 (label attached verso)
Lord McAlpine of West Green
Private collection, Sydney
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 25 July 2005, lot 27
The Collection of William and Lucy Mora, Melbourne