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Object Number 04-42-70/64020
Display Title Ceremonial paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, carved and painted, figure with headdress at top, woven reed band grip
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bouka
Dimensions Overall: 121.8 x 16.6 x 6.2 cm (47 15/16 x 6 9/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64020
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lottie Nichols, 1904

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