Throwing stick/Boomerang

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Culture/People: Hopi Pueblo
Previous owner: Indianoya Indian Trading Post
Seller: Indianoya Indian Trading Post
Presenter/funding source: Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from the Indianoya Indian Trading Post (Palm Springs, California) in 1948 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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Place: Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA

See related items: Hopi Pueblo; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 21/1006
Barcode: 211006.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Throwing stick/Boomerang
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws634ddfa5d-1686-451c-b9f0-b0ed875c6267

Record ID: NMAI_225018