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Object Number 99-12-70/53405
Display Title Paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, ridged ovate blade, tapered and carved handle, perforated tip
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Onata Island
Additional Geographic Terms New Guinea, Coast of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 182.3 x 20.8 x 3.1 cm (71 3/4 x 8 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53405
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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