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IPSMG:R.1945.157.50

Ipswich Collections

Paddle made of wood, with long blade with a central rib. Carved decoration in the form of a frigate bird at the butt end. Tip broken off. Marked on in white ink: 'New Guinea' and '1945.157.50 or 56'[it is 50]. Tied-on Pitt Rivers label: '1966.1.1228 S.E. New Guinea, ? Massim area Canoe paddle Mrs Alice Moore Collection Obtd Ipswich Museum.' Mrs Alice Moore collection.

Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, South East, Massim

19th Century, late, 20th Century, early