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Small carved wooden paddle from the Austral Islands, covered with incised patterns.. The carvings include the characteristic Austral Island "starbust" motif and handle base of human-like figures.
paddles (watercraft equipment)
wood (plant material)
Paddle
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
E47,149
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
7 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3597
FromTribal Arts, Winter 2012, Vol. XVII:II, No. 66
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