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1942.13.528.1

Wooden paddle carved with geometric decoration along its length. [SM 26/11/2008]

1942.13.528.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden paddle carved with geometric decoration along its length. [SM 26/11/2008]
Long description
Wooden paddle carved with geometric decoration along its length. The paddle has a pointed, leaf shape blade and is decorated with four hour-glass-shaped holes through it and incised linear decoration. The paddle has a small grip and then continues to be carved with geometric designs and openwork to the flat, triangular shaped butt. The paddle has been varnished a dark brown and is stamped in numerous places with a circular stamp containing the number "24" [SM 12/09/2008]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Southern Nigeria Niger Delta Rivers State Brass
Cultural groups
Ijo
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1932
Date collected
9th December 1932
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Varnish, Process Carved, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped, Process Perforated, Process Openwork
Dimensions
Width: max 122 mm, Length: max 1245 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.528.1 Other numbers: 228 Other PRM accession number: 1942.13.528a
Research and responses

Brass - town and minor port, Rivers state, southern Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea, at the mouth of the Brass River (in the Niger Delta). A traditional fishing village of the Nembe branch of the Ijo people [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line][AP 28/6/2001]

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