Paddle

Museum number:
11-45532
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
EC-110 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Carved wooden paddle or oar. Blade is decorated on both sides with wood burned triangles in each corner and 6 wood burned dots. A burned band & carved indentation differentiates the blade from the handle. The edges of the blade are also wood burned adjacent to the triangles and decorated with a single dot near the base of the blade. The end of the handle is decorated with a recessed carved band and a rounded base.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Oceania
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 9.7 centimeters and length 64.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 11-45532, described as Carved wooden paddle or oar. Blade is decorated on both sides with wood burned triangles in each corner and 6 wood burned dots. A burned band & carved indentation differentiates the blade from the handle. The edges of the blade are also wood burned adjacent to the triangles and decorated with a single dot near the base of the blade. The end of the handle is decorated with a recessed carved band and a rounded base.

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