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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1931.210 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name paddle Description Paddle made of wood. A large, thin, leaf-shaped blade with a central rib. The shaft is round in section and the butt is hexagonal in section. Semi-circular hand grip and crude carving of ridges and triangular shaped holes. Decoration unfinished. Handle is broken and is now missing. Written on the blade: 'Woman's paddle for canoe/caneteta in Spanish/from Caroline Islands' and 'Vainuapa Tupula'. Production place Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands Production period 19th Century, 20th Century, early Material wood Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1931.210
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

paddle
Description

Paddle made of wood. A large, thin, leaf-shaped blade with a central rib. The shaft is round in section and the butt is hexagonal in section. Semi-circular hand grip and crude carving of ridges and triangular shaped holes. Decoration unfinished. Handle is broken and is now missing. Written on the blade: 'Woman's paddle for canoe/caneteta in Spanish/from Caroline Islands' and 'Vainuapa Tupula'.
Production place

Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands
Production period

19th Century, 20th Century, early
Material

wood

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