Paddle

Museum number:
5-15602
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015602
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
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.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Shaba Province; near Dilolo Gare; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paddles (watercraft equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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