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1941.2.81

Ceremonial carved paddle.

1941.2.81

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceremonial carved paddle.
Long description
Ceremonial carved paddle. Elaborately carved blade. The shaft is carved in two bands and the butt end with human figures. [MJD 07/08/2014]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1928
Date collected
By 1928
Acquisition information
Donated: 1941
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Width: max 232 mm, Length: max 1650 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1941.2.81 Other numbers: 2220
Associated publications
Listed on page 416 of 'Appendix F. Accession and Collection Dates for Canoe Models, Bowls, Paddles, and Clubs' in 'Marquesan Art in the Early Contact Period, 1774–1821', by Carol Susan Ivory (Seattle: University of Washington, Ph.D. thesis, 1990): 'III. Paddles...[Collection Date] 1928p [Collector] Chauvet, Stephen [Accession Date] 1945 [sic] [Museum] PITT [Museum ID] 1941.281 [sic] [Object Type] Paddle'. [JC 19 3 2015]

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