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Object Number
99-12-70/53488
Display Title
Carved paddle
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved paddle - fine "sun" motifs set in small squares carved all over the stem and part of the blade
Inventory Description
Paddle, carved wood, ovate blade, flared knob
Classification
- Paddle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Austral Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
High Island
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 127.4 x 18.5 x 4.6 cm (50 3/16 x 7 5/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53488
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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