ceremonial paddle
- Museum number
- Oc1981,Q.1623
- Description
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Q register description:
Wooden [ceremonial] paddle with patterns carved over whole surface & with conical butt at end of handle decorated with anthropomorphic heads.
- Dimensions
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Height: 117 centimetres
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Width: 25 centimetres
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Depth: 11 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Q register information:
Polynesia [Austral Is]? [Mangaia]?
Old tied-on label, pencil writing 'B.M 42 Mangaian paddle'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1981,Q.1623