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Wooden steering paddle
Wooden steering paddle
Object Number 59-29-70/3900
Display Title Wooden steering paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, carved wood, bound cylindrical shaft, oval paddle, raised eyes and nose
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1956
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 101.3 x 10.3 x 8.2 cm (39 7/8 x 4 1/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 59-29-70/3900/ 3.E.Elisof##
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon
Donor Donated by Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1959)

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