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PaddleK2.398

A long wood lanceolate paddle shape that has a pointed blade with incised and pierced designs on the blade and the handle. Both sides of the blade have a four part design starting from the rounded end to the pointed tip of incised zig zags with longitudinal lines, a longitudinal band of incised hatch marks surrounded at each outer corner with an arch-doorway-like pierced shaped, a pierced design of zig zag surrounded by an incised design of hatch marks on each side and a carved zig zag line midway to the pointed tip. Each part of the four part design is separated by a plain horizontal band outlined with an incised horizontal line on each side. The handle is pierced with a zig zag along the middle with jagged edges along the sides and a pointed end.

Culture
Itsekiri
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleK2.399

A wood paddle shape, with a pointed blade that has incised, and pierced geometric designs on the blade that include lines, rectangles, triangles, and square dots. The handle is carved in a crocodile design with four legs and an open mouth at the end. The body of the crocodile which has curved outward sides, also has an incised pattern of rectangles. The mouth of the crocodile is jagged edged along the sides. The forelegs are curved forward while the backlegs are curved backward.

Culture
Itsekiri
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleK2.397

A long wood lanceolate paddle shape with a pointed blade. Each side of the blade has a different incised geometric design of lines, zig zags, and curved lines. The handle tip has a three part pierced design separated by horizontal bands of upraised squares, surrounded by carved zig zag lines on each side of the middle pierced part and three longitudinal grooves running along the middle of the end pierced part to the tip.

Culture
Itsekiri
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffK2.258

A wood staff with a double paddle shape and dark brown colour. Each "paddle" shape is pierced with an hourglass shape near the middle of each "paddle" and with two side-by-side rectangular shapes near the rounded part. Incised geometric line patterns on solid parts of each "paddle".

Culture
Itsekiri
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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