Based upon what has been found, it is common belief returning boomerangs originated in Australia. So where did boomerangs come into the picture? Truthfully no one can answer the question with surety. Kylies do and so can stay "afloat" at it travels. This is because a spear does not generate lift as it travels through the air. With a spear if you want to hit something off in the distance you have to throw the spear up, which gives it a curved flight. Since you aim the kylie at what you are throwing at it has an advantages over a spear. Imagine a three-foot wide stick spinning around its center of rotation as it traveled through the air. No matter what you call them the Kylie, throwstick or Rabbit stick was a well-suited weapon for hunting in open country. Hopi Indians in the Southwest United States used kylies, though they called them rabbit sticks. How old are Kylies? The oldest known kylie found carbon dated back to 20,000 years old and was made from Mammoth tusk! By the way it was found in Poland. In Australia it became engrained into the culture and was handed down from generation to generation. At this point the basic concept of a throwing stick was established and used. They then realized that a thin club flew further than a thick one. Perhaps it was discovered that a curved club flew further when thrown than a straight one did. They'd use them like a battle-axe and even throw them at their opponent when they ran away. How did the kylie come into existence? The best thinking is that prior to throwing sticks people used clubs to settle their differences. Throwsticks have been found in many countries such as Egypt, Africa, Poland, Holland, United States and of course Australia, just to name a few. One hundred to one hundred fifty-yard flights are not uncommon. When thrown they fly straight and do not return to the thrower. Hunting boomerangs, called Kylies, are about three feet long and have a chord width of three to four inches across, being about one half inch thick and similar in shape to a banana. Non- returning boomerangs were used for hunting. There are returning boomerangs and non-returning boomerangs. The throwing wood developed separately in different places of the planet. Its character as a battle weapon was lost as soon as the culture reached a higher stage of development. Its use as a battle weapon played a minor role. The throwing wood was mainly a hunting weapon (long-range weapon, flying weapon) to hunt hares, birds and other small animals. Finds from this time are not really suitable as unique proofs, because wooden pieces of equipment are only hard to preserve through thousands of years. The use of the throwing wood is verified by rock paintings dating from the Neolithic Age (since approx. Most boomerangs seen today are of the tourist or competition sort, and are almost invariably of the returning type.
Tribal boomerangs may be inscribed and/or painted with designs meaningful to their makers. The smallest boomerang may be less than 10 centimetres (4 in) from tip to tip, and the largest over 180 centimetres (6 ft) in length. Some boomerangs were not thrown at all, but were used in hand to hand combat by Indigenous Australians.īoomerangs can be variously used as hunting weapons, percussive musical instruments, battle clubs, fire-starters, decoys for hunting waterfowl, and as recreational play toys. Historical evidence also points to the use of non-returning boomerangs by the ancient Egyptians, Native Americans of California and Arizona, and inhabitants of southern India for killing birds and rabbits. Modern returning boomerangs can be of various shapes or sizes as can be seen in the diagram of modern Boomerangs to the right of page.
Returning boomerangs were also used as decoy birds of prey, thrown above long grass in order to frighten game birds into flight and into waiting nets. A returning boomerang has uneven arms or wings, so that the spinning is lopsided to curve the path.Īlthough non-returning boomerangs throw sticks (or kylies) were used as weapons, returning boomerangs have been used primarily for leisure or recreation. The most recognizable type is the returning boomerang, which is a throwing stick that travels in an elliptical path and returns to its point of origin when thrown correctly. Boomerangs come in many shapes and sizes depending on their geographic or tribal origins and intended function. Historically, boomerang-like devices have also been made from bones. Although it is usually thought of as a wooden device, modern boomerangs used for sport are often made from carbon fibre-reinforced plastics or other high-tech materials. A boomerang is a flying tool with a curved shape used as a weapon or for sport.
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