Paddle

Museum number:
18-1255
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3783
Description:
Paddle (boat paddle); reddish brown wood; large abstract design on both faces of paddle and two grooves excised from both edges. Used by a Dayak boy (compare with 18-1254); one of these is a floater, the other a sinker. Cost $14.00. Length 95.5 cm.
Donor:
Bernard G. Saunders and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Paddle, accession number 18-1255, described as Paddle (boat paddle); reddish brown wood; large abstract design on both faces of paddle and two grooves excised from both edges. Used by a Dayak boy (compare with 18-1254); one of these is a floater, the other a sinker. Cost $14.00. Length 95.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Paddle, accession number 18-1255, described as Paddle (boat paddle); reddish brown wood; large abstract design on both faces of paddle and two grooves excised from both edges. Used by a Dayak boy (compare with 18-1254); one of these is a floater, the other a sinker. Cost $14.00. Length 95.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 18-1255, described as Paddle (boat paddle); reddish brown wood; large abstract design on both faces of paddle and two grooves excised from both edges. Used by a Dayak boy (compare with 18-1254); one of these is a floater, the other a sinker. Cost $14.00. Length 95.5 cm.

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