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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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