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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1932.59.10 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name paddle Description Ceremonial paddle made of blackened wood and haliotis (paua) shell. The blade is pointed at the top, convex on one side and flat on the other. Decorated entirely on either side, with paua shell inlay on the convex side. Motifs include a bird head at the top, a face halfway down with a forked tongue, a side profile of two faces facing eachother, and underneath them is an upsidedown one-eyed figure with a protruding tongue. The paddle has been cut so only the blade remains. Decoration is unfinished in a few places. From the collection of Alderman J.H. [John Henry] Grimwade of Bacton House, Ipswich, presented by Councillor Sydney Charles Grimwade. Production place Polynesia, New Zealand Production period 19th Century, middle, 19th Century, late Material wood, haliotis shell Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1932.59.10
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

paddle
Description

Ceremonial paddle made of blackened wood and haliotis (paua) shell. The blade is pointed at the top, convex on one side and flat on the other. Decorated entirely on either side, with paua shell inlay on the convex side. Motifs include a bird head at the top, a face halfway down with a forked tongue, a side profile of two faces facing eachother, and underneath them is an upsidedown one-eyed figure with a protruding tongue. The paddle has been cut so only the blade remains. Decoration is unfinished in a few places. From the collection of Alderman J.H. [John Henry] Grimwade of Bacton House, Ipswich, presented by Councillor Sydney Charles Grimwade.
Production place

Polynesia, New Zealand
Production period

19th Century, middle, 19th Century, late
Material

wood, haliotis shell

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