Arthur Beau Palmer - Aboriginal Hooked Fighting Boomerang (No. 7 Wilki)

Aboriginal Hooked Fighting Boomerang (No. 7 Wilki)

COMPLETE SET SOLD

Selection of some 30 of these Central Desert fighting and ceremonial boomerangs. Early examples from the Southern fighting pick style to the graceful swan neck, fully fluted Walbri Mudbura Wilki ritual men's boomerang of the North Western Desert and Southern Kimberley. Longest pair 88cm (35 inches).

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