Boomerang - by Aboriginal Artist Thomas Tjapaltjarri

This returning boomerang is designed by renowned Aboriginal artist Thomas Tjapaltjarri. It's an authentic Aboriginal boomerang that comes with a beautiful display stand to show off your art.

Boomerang details:

• Genuine returning boomerang
• Throwing instructions included
• Comes with extensive artist biography
• Royalties paid to the artists
• Australian made
• Comes with a display stand

About Thomas Tjapaltjarri

Thomas paints the stories of the Pintupi dreaming; his ancestors, places and events. He is part of the renowned Western Desert art movement and has exhibited around Australia, Europe and the United States.

His personal story is remarkable. Thomas was a member of nine Pintupi people to come in from the Gibson Desert in 1984. This was the first time they’d come into contact with the outside world.

Will my boomerang return?

You need to follow the instructions and practice throwing. Additionally, if it’s too windy, then your boomerang is likely to fly where it wants and not back to you!

A bit more about boomerangs

Traditionally non-returning boomerangs were used to hunt and kill prey. Returning boomerangs were mainly used for having fun. Either way, when throwing a boomerang, it’s completely different to a frisbee. Instead it needs to be thrown almost vertically, with a lot of spin power behind it. Watching a boomerang return can seem like the magic of a bird soaring on the wind.

Boomerangs have been discovered across the world. From Ancient Egypt to India and even the United States where Native Americans in California and Arizona used non-returning boomerangs. Here in Australia, Aboriginal boomerangs were traditionally used for:

• Hunting tools
• Fighting
• Digging e.g. food and then cutting it
• Sport
• Musical instruments e.g. music sticks
• Making fire by creating friction through rubbing

Boomerangs were made of wood and came in all shapes and sizes and this is still the case. Boomerangs used in sport however are made of typically made of special plastics or aircraft plywood.