Paddle Item Number: 1448/11 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wooden steering canoe. Single piece of wood. Carved bird forn on top of rounded shaft flattening out to form paddle end. Lance-olate shaped paddle tapers to thin pointed tip. Carving on either side of paddle where shafe melds into paddle head. Signed on paddle head.
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ?
- Owned by Cyril S. Belshaw before December 18, 1990
- Received from Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor) on December 18, 1990
What
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Cyril S. Belshaw
- Received from
- Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 18, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on December 18, 1990
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 58
- Accession Number
- 1448/0011