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Description: | A Maori wooden canoe paddle, with traces of negative-resist painted scroll pattern (kowhaiwhai) on the blade. There is open-work carving of a bird's head (manaia) at the handle-end of the shaft, and relief carving at the head-end. Late 18th century. Sketched by Sydney Parkinson, artist on the vessel Endeavour.
Material: wood
Material: stain | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.63672 | Go to resource |
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