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Object Number 05-2-70/64865
Display Title Paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, carved wood, leaf-shaped blade, curved tip, splits, chipped
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Tuamotu-Gambier / Gambier Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 187.5 x 28.3 x 6.3 cm (73 13/16 x 11 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 05-2-70/64865

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