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LOT 1194
Australian Aboriginal Wood Boomerang
19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
20 7/8 in. (182 grams, 53 cm).
Formed with a gently curving profile and showing transverse grooves from the carving technique; bearing handwritten collector's inventory number 'RO518.01.00'. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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