Object class: Watercraft equipment / Collection place: Congo Basin, Africa / Donor: Pearl Crowley - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 5-15602, described as Gruel paddle, wood, double ended. One blade near round, other balloon shape. Each decorated with pyrographic dots in triangular clusters on both sides. Length 63.4 cm, Width 9.5 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shabe Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.

Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 5-15603, described as Gruel paddle, wood. Single balloon-shaped blade. Pyrographic linear dot design on both sides of blade near shaft and at proximal end of shaft. Transverse grooves at both ends of shaft. Pyrographically blackened. Length 58.0 cm, Width 6.8 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.