Kylie (Throwing Gun)
A Kylie is a throwing stick and one of the boomerangs . It is also known as the hunting boomerang or non-returning boomerang and was used by the Aborigines , the indigenous people of Australia , for hunting , but also for digging and as a hoe, as a drum instrument and as a toy. Archaeological finds prove the use of such thrown weapons in areas of America, Africa, Europe and Asia. The rabbit stick , for example, is known to the Indians of North America .
literature
- David Wescott: Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills , Gibbs Smith, 1999, ISBN 978-0-87905-911-8 .
- Sally ED Wilkins: Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures , Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 978-0-313-31711-8 .