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Object Number 47-73-70/2847
Display Title Carved wooden canoe paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, wood handle, ovate and carved blade, carved at both ends
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Lower Sepik
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 154 x 13 x 3 cm (60 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2847, L-150

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