Australian Boomerang - Alison Munti Riley

This Australian Aboriginal returning boomerang is designed by renowned Aboriginal artist Alison Munti Riley. It's an authentic Aboriginal boomerang. 

Boomerang details:

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

About Alison Munti Riley

Alison Munti Riley is a Pitjantjatjara artist from Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia and was born in 1966. Her mother Betty Munti was one of the founding members of Tjala Arts (formerly Minymaku Arts) and a highly regarded artist. Alison learnt to pain and batik while at school as well as from her mother. Alison has a bold and confident style of painting stemming from her seniority and experience as an artist. Alison primarily paints the journey of women crossing her homeland, mapping the features of the land and sacred sites. Her artworks have been exhibited worldwide and appear in many in many publications. 

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
• Spor
• 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.