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Object Number
99-12-70/53395
Display Title
Paddle-shaped staff
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Paddle, carved wood, narrow ovate blade with chevron design, 2 carved ridges
Classification
- Paddle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Austral Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Tubuai Island?
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 312.5 x 9.8 x 4.8 cm (123 x 3 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53395
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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