A boomerang is a thrown tool typically constructed with airfoil sections and designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight, designed to return to the thrower. The origin
Aerodynamic returning boomerang
An Egyptian boomerang; National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.
Australian Aboriginal boomerangs
Various types of boomerangs from Australia, India, and Africa
The throwing stick or throwing club is a type of projectile weapon: a wooden rod with either a carved pointed tip, a heavy bulbous rounded head, or a spearhead or other metal fitting attached to one e
Boomerang
…Australian language of the Sydney region. Its original meaning, which is preserved in official competitions, refers only to returning objects, not to throwing sticks, which were also used for hunting by various peoples both in Australia and around the world. However, the term "non-returning boomerang" is also in…
Aboriginal craft: throwing sticks
Hunting birds with throwing sticks in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian throwing stick at the British Museum
Throwing baton of a Guanche mencey (king)