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Jun 27th, 2018 at 8:17pm
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44597730

"Locals believe it portrays an Aboriginal man carrying a woomera - a throwing stick - in his left hand."


I do not think it's a boomerang. It reminds me more about the sling.
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Reply #1 - Jun 28th, 2018 at 8:32am
 
That does definitely look like a sling. If it was a woomera then where is the dart? In that position it should be ready to throw. I would agree: sling.
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Reply #2 - Jun 28th, 2018 at 5:09pm
 
rabbit stick, type of boomerang.
No slings in australia Smiley
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Reply #3 - Jun 29th, 2018 at 2:45am
 
Yeah, I was thinking that myself.

There is literally no evidence of slings, let alone finds of slingstones in Australia.
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Reply #4 - Jun 29th, 2018 at 3:56am
 
That’s not a man, that’s a bird with arms Grin

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Reply #5 - Jun 29th, 2018 at 3:08pm
 
I thought a woomera was a form of atlatl. Yeah a rabbit/throwing stick would make sense. I saw woomera and went with that Cheesy
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Reply #6 - Jun 29th, 2018 at 7:10pm
 
Looks so similar to Egyptian styles. Though I am no anthropologist.
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