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Object Number 88-52-70/51535
Display Title Carved paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, overall incised designs, round handle, leaf-shaped head with cut-out
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Austral Islands?
Additional Geographic Terms High Island?
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 127 x 34 x 10.1 cm (50 x 13 3/8 x 4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51535
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1838-1842)
Donor Unknown (1838-1842)

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