Paddle

Museum number:
11-43915
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
43 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
Paddle, low relief of two anthropomorphic figures on each side, upper one sitting, lower one only upper body shown; both wear big pointed headband; painted in red and black; length: 162 cm; maximum width: 13.5 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Islands Region
Verbatim coll. place:
Melanesia, Solomon Is. Bougainville
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Materials:
Pigment and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic, Paddles (watercraft equipment), and Reliefs (sculptures)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 13.5 centimeters and length 162 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 11-43915, described as Paddle, low relief of two anthropomorphic figures on each side, upper one sitting, lower one only upper body shown; both wear big pointed headband; painted in red and black; length: 162 cm; maximum width: 13.5 cm.

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