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Paddle
Object Number 05-2-70/64845
Display Title Paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, carved wood, double bladed, one with projection, one with carved vertebra inlay
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1905
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 159.6 x 17.6 x 2.5 cm (62 13/16 x 6 15/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64845
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1904-1905)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (04/1905)

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