Artifact Number:
 1982.103.007

Object:
Paddle, canoe
Hoe

Material:
 Plant (wood)

Dimensions:
 137.5x13x3.5 cm

Origin:
 Puka Puka, Cook Islands, Polynesia

Comments:
 A light colored wood (unknown) was used to make this one pieced, long, and slender paddle. The handle is slightly tapered and there is a knobbed tip at the end of the blade. Rough areas on the surface are from sandpaper. Accessioned from B. Long.



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