paddle
- Museum number
- Af1979,01.5175
- Description
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Carved wood ceremonial paddle with a narrow leaf-shaped blade decorated with incised geometric patterns which are different on each face. Surface scratches on one shoulder of the blade appears to be a rough sketch of another incised geometric pattern. The last section of the tip of the blade has been lost. The shaft is plain except for a length of wire (?) which has been coiled around the shaft. The shaft tapers to a point towards the end.
- Dimensions
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Height: 138 centimetres
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Width: 6 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1979,01.5175