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Object Number 40-12-70/1915
Display Title Wooden paddle - blade painted with white human-like figure on one side
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, ovate blade, carved and painted anthropomorphic figures, white base
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tarao
  • Popoko
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 142.2 x 14 x 2.6 cm (56 x 5 1/2 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1915

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