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Wooden paddle with face (38" long)
Wooden paddle with face (38" long)
Object Number 59-29-70/3899
Display Title Wooden paddle with face (38" long)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, double bladed, flat, carved face on one, linear incised other
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1956
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 103.5 x 22 x 2.6 cm (40 3/4 x 8 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 59-29-70/3899, PA / #3
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1956)
Donor Donated by Mr. Eliot Elisofon

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