Aboriginal Boomerang Art is a photograph by Kaye Menner which was uploaded on May 26th, 2013.
Aboriginal Boomerang Art
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by Kaye Menner
Title
Aboriginal Boomerang Art
Artist
Kaye Menner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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My image is an example of some of the wonderful art produced by our indigenous Australians, the Aborigines. Their art is so colorful, detailed and magnificent and always a pleasure to view. I captured these boomerangs or pieces of art for sale, displayed neatly on cloth on the ground at Circular Quay in Sydney just a couple of weeks ago. There is always much interest by tourists and passers-by.
Most of the time, their art serves a purpose or has a meaning. If interested, please read the following information from the site: boomerangshak.com >>:
A Boomerang is a curved throwing stick used chiefly by the Australian Aborigines for hunting.
Long before people learned how to fly they sent objects soaring through the air. The arrow dates from the Stone Age. The ancient Chinese flew kites. The early inhabitants of Australia invented the boomerang - one of the most remarkable weapons invented by primitive man. The existence of the real boomerang is restricted to the Eastern and Southern Australia. It was unknown to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, Tasmania, half of South Australia and the northern parts of Queensland and Western Australia.
Boomerangs are made of roughly V-shaped hard wood, with arms slightly skewed, and the angle between the arms ranging from 90deg to about 160deg. Both edges are sharpened; one surface is flat, and the other slightly convex, so the boomerang blades are carved in the shape of an airfoil.
On the language of the Turuwal tribe of the George's River (Sydney) 'boomarang' means a throwing stick that comes back.
Roughly 60% of Aboriginal people used both returning boomerangs and non-returning hunting sticks. The Central Australian peoples did not use returning boomerangs at all.
Boomerangs are also works of art, and Aboriginals often paint or carve designs on them related to legends and traditions. In addition, boomerangs continue to be used in some religious ceremonies and are clapped together, or pounded on the ground, as accompaniment to songs.
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May 26th, 2013
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Kaye Menner
Thanks you very much to the buyer from Finch Hatton, QLD who purchased a tote bag. I hope you get lots of enjoyment.I
Kaye Menner
Thanks very much Maria for your congratulations. I enjoyed viewing some of your artworks and I left a few L/Fs in appreciation.