paddle, carved reddish wood with incised relief designs filled in with white pigment; stylized animal head at tip of blade; said to be a “ceremonial” paddle L. 157.4 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Collection date:
before 1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Canoe paddles (water transportation equipment) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)