Aboriginal Fighting Boomerang with Fluting and Painted End
Australian Aboriginal hooked fighting boomerang No.7, central Desert, of typical form, with fine incised fluting and painted end, in tones of black and white, cross hatched handle end, length 27.56 in. Provenance: Arthur Beau Palmer gallery, 2007, then private collection, Queensland
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- Cross Hatching - A decorative technique used in art, decorative arts, gilded frames and furniture to indicate light and shade through sets of parallel lines crossing each other at an oblique or right angle. The lines can be incised or engraved, as on metalware and ceramics, drawn or painted as in works of art and ceramics, or carved or applied as in furniture and mirrors. When used in art, the lines are usually very close together, whereas when used on ceramics, frames or furniture the lines may be much further apart effectively creating a square or diamond shape, which may contain further decoration.
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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