Coatarang Returning Boomerang
This is our best and largest returning boomerang made by the world famous boomerang made Joe Ian Skeen Senior.
These unique handmade "coatarang" returning boomerangs are also our best coloured and artistic boomerangs.
They are fatter in the middle when compared to our regular returning boomerangs and contain more art work.
They are available in one size (18”
wide) and of course we cater for left or right-handed
throwers.
Our coatarang returning boomerangs are handmade and painted by Joseph Ian Skeen Snr.
Joe Skeen is a Kuku-Thaypan elder and third generation Aboriginal artefact
maker. He was a little boy when his parents were removed from their traditional
homelands and sent to the Palm Island Aboriginal Reserve in North Queensland.
In the early 1940`s they were moved again to Cherbourg in South East
Queensland. Joe Snr. would often accompany his father when he was hired out to
local farmers to work, mostly at cane cutting. It was then that his father
taught him how to identify black wattle roots and how to fashion those roots
into boomerangs. Among the many people that bought his father’s boomerangs were
American servicemen.
He still
continues his family traditional and makes a variety of different boomerangs
including returning, hooked, killer and hunting style boomerangs.
JOE IS 80
YEARS OLD. HE IS IN THE RED SHIRT TEACHING SOME YOUNG KIDS HOW TO THROW HIS
BOOMERANGS - I took the picture on Monday 7 January 2019 while visiting Joe and
taking a refresher course in boomerang throwing. The young fella on the far
left is a natural left-handed thrower as am I, but he is much better than
me!
The tribal
background about Joe Skeen is as follows:
Tribe: Birri Gubba - in the Bowen area of North Queensland
Maternal: Kuku-Thaipan - North Queensland
Made: Queensland, Australia
Left or Right-Handed
Throwers
We cater
for left and right-handed throwers and it does make a real difference to your
enjoyment. If you are left handed you will find it much easier to throw a left-handed
designed boomerang. The left-handed boomerangs are designed to spin and circle
in the opposite direction to the right-handed boomerang.
All our
returning handmade boomerangs come in both versions so please make sure you
select your dominant hand throwing version.
FREE Australian Slang Generator included
with each boomerang
If you are
looking for an iconic gift from Australia, then this returning boomerang is
sure to impress. The perfect flatness for posting or slipping into your
suitcase as a little piece of Aussie culture.
- Choose from Left or Right-hand throwing options
- Please note that every piece is hand painted, no two boomerangs are the same design and can differ from the one shown
- The art work on the boomerangs represents traditional Aboriginal art designs
- Each boomerang is hand painted by an Aboriginal artist who is a member of Joe Skeen's family
- 100% made in Australia
Kiss the
Boomerang guarantee that all products are genuine handcrafted by Australian
Aboriginal peoples.
A extensive
range of Aboriginal hand painted emu eggs, art work and pottery can be
found at our sister site Kiss the Kangaroo
Size | |
Size | 22" or 60 cm wide |