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1938.35.1448

Ceremonial chip-carved paddle with flat rectangular end and square shaft. [CF 26/2/2002]

1938.35.1448

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceremonial chip-carved paddle with flat rectangular end and square shaft. [CF 26/2/2002]
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Chip Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 1212 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.1448 Other numbers: 2118
Research and responses

Note that this paddle was found without a label by [CF 26/2/2002]. It was identified as this particular paddle through a process of elimination as all the Tubuai (Austral) Island paddles (& some of the Cook Island paddles) were identified at that time. [CF 26/2/2002]

Search terms: Navigation, Ritual and Ceremonial, Paddle, Ceremonial Object

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