Identity area
Reference code
NEWB5/1/05
Title
Research material relating to throw sticks and boomerangs
Date(s)
- n.d. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Research notes, tracings and drawings relating to throw sticks and boomerangs, and the associated ensigns and cults. Includes tracings of a boomerang on the mast head of a boat.
Includes:
-Draft titled The Cult of the Boomerang
-Notes relating to occurrences of the boomerang and throw stick ensigns on Predynastic pottery
-Cutting of Eggers, H., 'A Study of the Boomerang', in Proceedings of United States National Museum, (1888), pp.363-367
-Photographs of throw sticks including man holding two throw sticks