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Object Number 99-12-70/53486
Display Title Carved paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, carved wood, ovate blade, flared knob handle, geometric pattern
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Austral Islands / High Island
Additional Geographic Terms Austral Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 85 x 18.3 x 6.7 cm (33 7/16 x 7 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53486
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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