Model paddle for the canoe 1884.54.55 .1. Carved from a single piece of wood, with a rectangular shaped blade. On the upper surface are incised crosses in the centre and at the edges and near to the edge are two rows of resin crosses in a diamond pattern. Decorating the shaft are three bands of red pigment near to the blade and incised crosses along the surface. See 1884.54.55 .1 - .9 for the other associated parts. [ASh [OPS move] 10/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model paddle for the canoe 1884.54.55 .1. Carved from a single piece of wood, with a rectangular shaped blade. On the upper surface are incised crosses in the centre and at the edges and near to the edge are two rows of resin crosses in a diamond pattern. Decorating the shaft are three bands of red pigment near to the blade and incised crosses along the surface. See 1884.54.55 .1 - .9 for the other associated parts. [ASh [OPS move] 10/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1879
Date collected: ?Prior to 1879
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height: max 13 mm, Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 405 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.54.55.6 PR no.: 4/ 9058
Research and responses: It is possible that this object was collected by EH Man. It is not stated in any of the primary sources which object [and where it was] the boat was modelled on. It was presumably used as example of a missing link in one of the series [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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