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Object Number 99-12-70/53454
Display Title Paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, smooth wood, cylindrical handle, oval, chipped head, projecting tip
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 165 x 17 x 6 cm (64 15/16 x 6 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53454
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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