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Carter No.: 370k

Handlist description: Boomerang

Card/Transcription No.: 370k


370, K. BOOMERANG

Boomerang of hard wood; covered two thirds with bark (? birch). L. 64.5; W. 5.2; thickness (in centre) 1.1; cents.

<> A B C D E bark covering 5.2 plain wood 64.5

<> More concaved on the top than bottom Section

The skew of the arms if any is very slight and warping should possibly be taken into account, but what little there is suggests that it is of the return-boomerang type - i.e. B and D above the plane running through the centre, and A and E below it. The ends A, B and D, E. are curved above the plane at centre C.

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