Quirriang-an-wun
| Quirriang-an-wun | |
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| Weapon type: | Throwing weapon, club |
| Designations: | Quirriang-an-wun |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Australia , Aborigines from Victoria Province |
| Distribution: | Australia |
| Overall length: | about 91 cm |
| Blade width: | about 8 cm, in the grip area about 6 cm |
| Blade thickness: | about 0.25 cm |
| Weight: | about 280 gr |
| Handle: | Wood |
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The Quirriang-an-wun is a throwing stick and club from Australia .
description
The Qirriang-an-wun is made of hardwood . It is similar to a common Australian boomerang. The difference is the design of the ends. One end is made thin and narrow and serves as a handle. The opposite end is twisted in the longitudinal axis, also made thin and widened. The edges are sharpened. The middle part is slightly curved. The Quirriang-an-wun is used by the Aborigines on the River Murray in the province of Victoria in Australia as a throwing wood, similar to a boomerang, as well as a club.
literature
- Robert Brough Smyth : The Aborigines of Victoria. With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives of other Parts of Australia and Tasmania. Ferres / Robertson, Melbourne / Trübner / Robertson, London. Vol. 1, 1878 , p. 315 and Figs. 98-99.
- Edward H. Knight: A Study of the Savage Weapons at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876. In: Smithonian Institution: Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithonian Institution ... for the Year 1879. United States Government Printing Office , Washington 1880, pp. 228-229.
- David Sutherland Davidson : Australian Throwing-Sticks, Throwing-Clubs, and Boomerangs. In: American Anthropologist. NS Vol. 38, 1936 H. 1, p. 88.
Web links
Commons : Throwing Weapons - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Southwork Press, Portland, Maine 1934 (Reprint: Dover Publications, Mineola, New York 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 ), p. 520.