Photo by Trish Barnard
Accession Number: A42206
Museum: South Australian Museum
Date Acquired:
Collector: Ursula McConnel (1888-1957)
Date Collected: 1927-1934
Where from: Reeves Creek (near Yarrabah)
Description: L680 x W175mm
Carved wood with natural pigments. Boomerang design ‘wangal’. Illustrated in McConnel, Ursula, ‘Inspiration and Design in Aboriginal Art’ in Oceania, 1935, p.58, and replicated by contemporary Yidinji artist Michael Boiyool Anning (1955-) and displayed at the Cairns Convention Centre (Barnard 2013)
Contact: Professor John Carty, Head of Anthropology, South Australian Museum, North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000 AUSTRALIA
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