Wooden paddle, possibly from the Pacific Islands. The paddle head has a raised ridge on one side and the other side is flat.
paddles (watercraft equipment)
wood (plant material)
Paddle
"177" (small paper label on one side of handle with "177" printed on it)
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,127
Unknown
5 1/8 (W) (inches)
The Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3602
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