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Title: Boomerang

Author: Philip Jones

Description: The Australian boomerang has become a mysterious, almost magical, object in the European imagination. But in the process many of its remarkable qualities have gone unnoticed. These qualities made the boomerang a key element in the successful adaption of Aboriginal societies to the harsh Australian environment.

Did you know that the Central Australian boomerang, or karli, can be used to make fire, and serves as a knife, a lever, a digging tool, a ceremonial object and a musical instrument? That Aboriginal people in the Kimberley fished with boomerangs? That most Aboriginal boomerangs fly aeronautically but do not return? That the current long-distance record for a returning boomerang exceeds 230 metres?

In this book, Phillip Jones draws on the world’s largest boomerang collection, housed at the South Australian Museum, to describe the boomerang’s traditional uses and its more recent flight into western culture. There has rarely been such a stimulating and comprehensive survey of a traditional artifact.

Cover: Quality soft

Pages: 134

Language: English

Book Dimensions: 17cm – 21cm
 

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