Oc.1933.0403.12 Boomerang

Photograph by Dr Rosita Henry

Photograph by Dr Rosita Henry

Accession Number: Oc.1933.0403.12

Museum: British Museum

Date Acquired: 1933

Collector: Derwent Vallance (1875-1960)

Date Collected: c.1905

Where from: Mulgrave

Description: L580 x W56mm. Wooden boomerang with remnant natural pigments (red and white ochres)

See: ‘Derwent Vallance’ authored by Dr Rosita Henry

http://www.jcucollections.org/?page_id=1108

Contact: Dr Gaye Sculthorpe, Curator of Oceania

British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK

Phone: +44 20 7323 8035

Email: gsculthorpe@britishmuseum.org