paddle
- Description:
- Carved wooden paddle etched with fish significant to the local people on either side of the blade. Each face two swimming fish either side of a larger fish/water spirit spine with tail. Depiction is carved into the blade. The handle has a carved tendril wrapping around the shaft at top and bottom. Proximal end has what might be a stylised face with heavy brows and nostrils cut out. Length 1590mm x width blade 174mm depth shaft approx 30mm.
- Display date:
- Made: Circa 1975; Acquired: 07 Nov 2016
- Location:
- Papua New Guinean
- Collections:
- Auckland Museum Collections Online
- Content partner:
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- Availability:
- Not specified
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