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Long, light-colored wooden paddle with carved paddle head and pointed end. Probably from the Solomon Islands. The paddle head is carved on both sides in low relief with a design that is believed to represent frigate birds and other zoomorphic forms.
paddles (watercraft equipment)
wood (plant material)
Paddle
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,164
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
5 1/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3605
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