Carved Canoe Paddle

Unidentified Sentani maker

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Palm wood

Overall: 47 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 in. (120 × 12 × 2.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from Professor Elmer Harp, Jr.

54.57.13208

Geography

Place Made: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Object Name

Transportation: Water

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Elmer Harp, Jr., Hanover, New Hampshire; by exchange (#90) to present collection, 1954.

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