Детали

IPSMG:R.1938.1.121

Ipswich Collections

Ceremonial paddle with flat, leaf-shaped blade made of wood, with shark tooth pattern carving over whole surface and a conical butt decorated with small anthropomorphic heads. Shaft is round in section. A metal fixing at the end of the butt for suspension. Potentially a gift of Admiral Page.

Polynesia, French Polynesia, Austral Islands

19th Century, early

length: 125.00 cm