Yinawanga

Ochre-Painted Boomerang

Yinawanga made this boomerang at Maljangarnak in June, 1982. He belongs to the language group Rembarrnga in Arnhem Land.

BOOMERANG (BORNDOK)-“IMPORTANT AS A WEAPON, HOWEVER ALSO HAVING CEREMONIAL SIGNIFICANCE”

Provenance Sheet signed by Simon Kyle-Little (dated February 24, 1983) from Maningrida

Certificate: Yinawanga- Ceremonial Boomerang

Steven Yinawanga was 17 in 1976-http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/object/43143

Steven Yinawanga and Stuart Martin during a Business Studies class, at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Northern Territory, 4 August 2010 [picture]

Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas … – Jeremy Russell-Smith, Peter J. Whitehead, Peter Cooke – Google Books