Aboriginal boomerang

Aboriginal boomerang acquired at Ooldea, South Australia, by stage performer Herbert Browne as he travelled by train to Western Australia.

A curved asymmetrical wooden boomerang with residual red and white pigmentation. The convex upper surface is covered with longitudinal grooves, and the flat underside with adze marks. It has a small hole drilled through the middle. There is some fine cracking on both surfaces, and both of the tips are chipped. The flat surface has a long crack from the tip almost to the midpoint.