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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Oceanic; Polynesian
| | Title: | Paddle
| | Date Made: | 19th century
| | Type: | Work Tool
| | Materials: | Wood
| | Place Made: | Oceania; Polynesia
| | Measurements: | overall: 39 1/2 x 7 x handle diam 1 3/8 in.; 100.33 x 17.78 x 3.4925 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 2003.26.41
| | Credit Line: | Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Missionary Cabinet. Wooden paddle with intricate carvings. One side is divided into small panels of crosses and crescent shapes. Other side is a different arrangement of the same shapes. Chipped on one edge of paddle blade.
Tags:
indigenous people; missionaries Subjects:
Missionaries; Indigenous peoples Link to share this object record:
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