Accession No
E 1907.591
Description
Paddle - [From catalogue card for E 1907.591:] 'Paddle' and [added later:] 'with broad, leaf-shaped blade, decorated with black incised bands, the horns of the flat crescent handle carved with human heads'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Ysabel
Period
Source
Hyams Collection; Stevens Auction Rooms; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1907.591; MAA: Z 7040; Lot. 46
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Hyams Coll. Bought at the Stevens Sale, 1907, with funds from Professor A.A. Bevan's donation to the Accessions Fund.
Event Date 4/5/2012
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card for E 1907.591:] 'Paddle' and [added later:] 'with broad, leaf-shaped blade, decorated with black incised bands, the horns of the flat crescent handle carved with human heads'.
Event Date 4/5/2012
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Paddle of wood, light in weight. The blade is leaf-shaped and incised with bands of geometrical motifs stained black, as well as a fish at the tip and lower part of the blade. The decoration is similar, but not identical on either sides. The shaft is circular in section. The pommel is crescent-shaped and decorated with two small heads.
Event Date 18/1/2016
Author: maa
FM:266516
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