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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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