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Ceremonial boomerang, kangaroo Dreaming 1975, old Mick…
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Sydney
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29-Oct-2017
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Ceremonial boomerang, kangaroo Dreaming 1975, old Mick Walankari Tjakamarra (c.1914-1996), Papunya, Western Desert, NT, Mulga wood and synthetic polymer, 66 cm. Provenance: painted during 1975 at Papunya, Western Desert, purchased at the Aboriginal and Pacific, Art gallery in Sydney (Gabriella Roy). Private Collection, traditional Central Australian non symmetrical, (and non-returning) boomerang made with Mulga, wood and decorated with kangaroo traces (Dreaming)., for Indigenous Australian, the continent has been shaped, by ancestors throwing boomerangs into earth, making the boomerang an important items, during ceremonies..., 66 cm
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Tribal: Aboriginal - Artefacts