Carved Paddle
Unidentified maker (Solomon Islands)
Wood, pigment, and red trim
Overall: 50 3/8 × 13/16 in. (128 × 2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
54.17.12943
Geography
Place Made: Buka Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
Object Name
Transportation: Water
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased from Daniels Indian Trading Post, Fontana, California (by Frederick J. Dockstader for the Dartmouth College Museum); sold to present collection, 1954
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