Another cool antique weapon to share woth my fellow hunters!!

[koolaidsmile]

I found this but I'm not sure how old it is or where it originates from. ANYONE?? Thanks peeps :-)

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[koolaidsmile]

It measures 2 1/2" x 22 1/2"

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[old digger]

Looks like a boomerang. I do not think that it is aboriginaly made.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

boooooomerang! Did people still play that?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

boooooomerang! Did people still play that?

I didnt know it was made into a game.

 

[koolaidsmile]

Yeah I did know it is a boomerang but other than that I'm clueless!!

Kathy (koolaidsmile) :-)

 

[cw0909]

here are some to compare too, i think someone, would have to see it, handle it,to know the age
boomerangs - Aboriginal
boomerangs - Aboriginal

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I don't know anything about boomerangs, but looking at the wood, it doesn't appear (from the photos at least) to have the kind of oxidized patina that I would expect on an older piece. I would guess based on that that it's likely a 20th century tourist souvenir piece, but I could be wrong.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Bad boomerang didn't fly back to owner LOL cool though very cool.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Bad boomerang didn't fly back to owner LOL cool though very cool.I'm not down grading your find this is just an observation from a hobbyist who dabbles in woodworking also but it looks modern, as it has tool marks from a wood shaving tool, that is what all the lines are from.You can Google a Stanley surform shaver or a rasp.

 

[gunsil]

looks like a modern tourist item to me.

 

[mick56]

Looks like a throwing stick, according to Wikipedia.

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Aboriginal craft: throwing sticks



Hunting birds with throwing sticks in ancient Egypt


The throwing stick or throwing club is one of the first weapons used by early humans and cultures all around the world. In essence, it is a short stave or wooden club thrown as a projectile to hunt small game such as rabbits or waterfowl. In flight, it rotates rapidly, whacking the target with one of the ends, maiming or killing it. The difference between a throwing stick and a javelin is in their shapes and lengths. A javelin is almost always a straight shaft with either a pointed tip or a spearhead attached to the front end. A throwing stick can be straight like a pointed wooden shaft or curved like the boomerang, and is much shorter than the javelin. It became obsolete as slings and bows became more prevalent. Throwing sticks shaped like returning boomerangs are designed to go straight to a target. Their surfaces are not shaped unevenly like airfoils, but are symmetrical on both sides, and do not exhibit curved flight.

 

[flyadive]

Perhaps it was a boomerang made into a shoe horn? Does it have a hole in it?

http://www.lulusoso.com/upload/20120322/Wooden_Shoe_Horn.jpg

 

[nhbenz]

By the coloration it appears to be made from mulga, which at least confirms an Australian origin, as these existed elsewhere as well. My thoughts are that the details aren't as "pretty" as many tourist items, which have animals or hunters on them (not that aboriginals didn't use them, but that tourists would demand them) and touristy pieces would have more perfectly smoothed edges. So, I think it was at least made in a true hunting style (non returning, from wood they actually used). On the other hand, tourists of the 1950's and earlier likely had more authentic types of items readily available, so ? I see many with reference to being made at various missions in the 50's and 60's as well (so, for a visitor, but not of the tourist variety)
Examples of Mulga wood pieces: boomerang mulga - Google Search