Paddle with leaf-shaped blade decorated to look like a fish and crutch-ended haft, inlaid with shell. [SM 21/11/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paddle with leaf-shaped blade decorated to look like a fish and crutch-ended haft, inlaid with shell. [SM 21/11/2008]
Long description: Paddle with leaf-shaped blade decorated to look like a fish and crutch-ended haft, inlaid with shell. The fish is partially painted black and is inlaid with mother in pearl at the eyes, gills and a small circle at the tail. The end of the haft is 'crutch-shaped', with two points that project away from the paddle and a 'U' shape between them as well as two points that flare outwards and project in the direction of the paddle. [SM 21/11/2008]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; San Cristobal
Person: Field collector Charles Frederick Wood; PRM source Edith Lucy Wake Wood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1873
Date collected: August 1870 - September 1873
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Mother of Pearl Shell, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Inlaid, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Width: max 98 mm, Length: max 1463 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.93.27

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