Long, light-colored wooden paddle with carved head and pointed end, probably from the Solomon Islands. The paddle has low relief carved portions on both sides that may represent stylized albatross wings or other zoomorphic forms.
paddles (watercraft equipment)
ceremonial objects
wood (plant material)
Paddle
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,165
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
5 3/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitiable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3604
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