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Object Number
00-8-70/55350
Display Title
Dance club
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Paddle, concave sided blade with rounded end, cylindrical handle, knobbed
Classification
- Paddle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
/
<State>
/
Tongatapu island
Additional Geographic Terms
Tongatapu Group
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 67.5 x 12.8 x 2 cm (26 9/16 x 5 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55350; Dancing Club / Tongatabu / HW30 1899
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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