Boomerang - by Aboriginal Artist Cindy Wallace

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

Boomerang details:

• Genuine returning boomerang
  
• Comes with extensive artist biography
• Royalties paid to the artist
  
• Comes with a display stand

About Cindy Wallace

Cindy Wallace was born in the Santa Teresa Community in Central Australia in 1978. Her father's country is Annamurra (near Gem Tree) and her mother's country is Arrulka (near Conniston Station). Cindy hsa been painting for over a decade is self taught. Her art focuses on Women's Ceremonies where body paint designs are applied to the chest, breasts and shoulders of women who are about to partake in ceremony. They also mirror the dancing tracks during ceremonial times. 

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.