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This web page lists web sites with ethnographic, cultural and historical information about indigenous peoples who use (or have used) boomerangs, throwsticks and other related devices over the years. |
North America USA The New York Times has posted an archival document in pdf
format with information about Charles
Emerson's Famous Boomerang Gun. Dated 31 January
1893 The University of Texas at Austin has posted photos of
artifacts that came from a Ceremonial
Cave. The artifacts included a selection of very fine
prehistoric Rabbit
Sticks made by indigenous Native Americans from that
region. Crystal Links has posted a small thesis about the
historical use of the boomerang by J. E. J. Lenoch titled "
Throwing
Wood and Boomerang ". The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has an
Aboriginal
Hunting Boomerang that was donated to Michael Collins by
the Australian Television Network Channel 7 in celebration
of the success of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Ben
Pressley has great information about rabbit stick (North
American throwstick) technology.
Europe England A boomerang and two clubs that were obtained by Captain
Cook on his first visit to Australia are being auctioned at
Christie's auction house. The auctioneer says that the
antique throwing stick was probably collected by the British
naval officer during his first trip to Australia in 1770.
The relic is expected to fetch up to 60,000 pounds, or about
$111,000. As usual, Aborigines from the Sydney area are
demanding the return of the artifacts at no cost to them.
You can read all about it at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26342504/
and at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4576104.ece Latvia Aivars Brengulis
has posted a web page with information about prehistoric
boomerangs found in Latvia. Poland The oldest boomerang ever found was in a cave in Oblazowa
in southern Poland. Full details about the Polish
throwstick, made out of Mammoth Tusk can be found on the
Oblazowa
Archaeological Summary web site. Click on the link
for "Finds" to see the oldest boomerang in the world.
Australia
Africa