This large hunting boomerang, (throwstick) was made out of Mulga, a dense hardwood found in the Central Desert of Australia. The upper surface has shallow longitudinal fluting along the entire length, except for the two ends which have a blended adze and groove texture. The lower surface has a shallow rough hewn adze finish. One thing that is very unusual about this throw stick is that a thin layer of Spinifex resin has been rubbed into the surface to fill in natural voids in the wood. It was probably made in the late 19th or early 20th Century. I acquired this boomerang in 2002 from an aubtiquity dealer in England.

This boomerang is in very nice condition. There is no damage and most of the natural blemishes in the wood have been filled in with Spinifex resin, sort of like an indigenous texturing. A very nice example of a Central Desert throw stick.