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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1938.1.122 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name paddle Description Ceremonial paddle with flat, wide, leaf-shaped blade made of wood, with shark tooth pattern carving over whole surface and concentric circles surrounded by rays on the blade. A conical butt decorated with small anthropomorphic heads. Shaft is round in section. Part of the butt is broken. A metal fixing at the end of the butt for suspension. Gift of Admiral Benjamin William Page. Production place Polynesia, French Polynesia, Austral Islands Production period 18th Century, late, 19th Century, early Material wood Dimensions length: 1165.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1938.1.122
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

paddle
Description

Ceremonial paddle with flat, wide, leaf-shaped blade made of wood, with shark tooth pattern carving over whole surface and concentric circles surrounded by rays on the blade. A conical butt decorated with small anthropomorphic heads. Shaft is round in section. Part of the butt is broken. A metal fixing at the end of the butt for suspension. Gift of Admiral Benjamin William Page.
Production place

Polynesia, French Polynesia, Austral Islands
Production period

18th Century, late, 19th Century, early
Material

wood
Dimensions

Details