Canoe Paddle

29-50-617

From: New Guinea | Vogumash

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-617
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Vogumash
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Feather | Peel
Description

Wooden. With leaf-shaped blade. Upper part of shaft ornamented with black (cassowary) and white feathers. Top of shaft carved in form of a bird's head. Man's.

Length 344.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 156 - Other Number

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