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A hooked fighting boomerang. Mulga wood, fluted and decorated…
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Sydney
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24-Jun-2013
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A hooked fighting boomerang. Mulga wood, fluted and decorated with ochre. Made by Jack Tjungurray, at Lajamanu 03/08/1983 Ex-Frank slip collection. Frank slip was a long-time friend of Geoffrey Bardon and traveled with him through Central Australia visiting Aboriginal communities purchasing Art directly from artists as well as Art centers. Frank's own original Art works in the form of line drawings portraying ancient corroborees, meeting places and dreamtime stories have been published in Geoffrey Bardon's, 'Papunya - a place made, after the story', (the Miegunyah press, 2004). See reference to Frank slip in 'Acknowledgements', p ix & p v. 86 cm
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Tribal: Aboriginal - Artefacts