Boomerang
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1839 to 1840
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FLAT, SLIGHTLY CURVED, UNDECORATED WOODEN BOOMERANG. THERE ARE REMNANTS OF PIGMENT RUBBED INTO IT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: DISCUSSED AND ILLUSTRATED IN THE "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION," 1838-1842, VOL. 2, PP. 190-193 http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21946692, AND P. 238, http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21946740. LENT TO NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, 2/12/1976, RETURNED 8/18/1978. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "5632-4. 3/9/67: LOANED TO CIVIL HIST. #5632. 3/8/74: 5632 RETURNED FROM CIVIL HISTORY."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5632-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boomerang
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 71.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.1 cm