Paddle

Description

Paddle of reddish wood with leaf-shaped blade morticed into rebate in shaft and tied with palm fibre: Melanesian, Matty Island

Museum reference

A.1897.170

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Paddle

Production information

Matty Island, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Materials

Wood, Palm fibre

Physical description

Reddish wood; tied with palm fibre