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Object Number
48-56-70/3097
Display Title
Carved and painted wooden canoe paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Paddle, elliptical blade with elongated tip, painted human figure one side
Classification
- Paddle
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 181.5 x 16.1 x 2.5 cm (71 7/16 x 6 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48-56-70/3097
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Harry Clark, 1948
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Harry Clark
(1917 - 1948)
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