paddle
- Museum number
- Af1926,0709.7
- Description
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Paddle made of wood.
- Dimensions
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Height: 150.50 centimetres
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Width: 11 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Found in the ‘duplicates’ collection bundled up with other paddles from this collection. The accession number is written in pencil on the object (2011).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Acquisition notes
- Af1926,0709.7 to 23 were given by Sir Bignell Elliott, KBE, a London timber merchant with no recorded association with Africa. The group consist entilrey of paddles of simialr type, recorded in the register as "Benin River, south Nigeria". It is unclear where or when Sir Bignell Elliott acquired the group.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1926,0709.7