QUEENSLAND-NEW SOUTH WALES BORDER, early 20th century
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A HOOKED BOOMERANG
QUEENSLAND-NEW SOUTH WALES BORDER, early 20th century
carved hardwood filled with natural earth pigment
65.0 cm length
Estimate:
$6,000 – 8,000
Sold for $6,710 (inc. BP) in Auction 55 - 29 August 2018, Sydney
Provenance
Acquired by John McCabe, a school teacher in Atherton, North Queensland in the 1920s
Private collection, Queensland, acquired from the above in the 1950s
Private collection, Queensland
Related works
For other examples see Jones, P., Boomerang: Behind an Australian Icon, Wakefield Press, South Australia, 1996, pp. 64, 93