boomerang learning toy

Wooden throwing toy in the form of an X. The toy consists of two pieces of wood with rounded ends that have been pierced at the centre. The two pieces are bound together with string.
label: yellow exhibition label, which reads: Throwing-toy, useful for teaching / boys how to throw the boomerang. / Queensland, Australia

Throwing toy, used for teaching boys how to throw the boomerang.

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