E0803: Wooden Oar

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0803

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Accessory

Marks/Labels:

"Boat Paddles, Solomon Islands" "2" "15"

Materials:

botanical ➔ wood
colorant ➔ paint

Dimensions:

116 cm L
17 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

Solomon Islands

Description:

A wooden oar with a round handle. The paddle is leaf shaped that comes to a point and the other end of the handle has a "T" on it, and each side of the "T" has two carved human heads. Paddle is painted with black and red designs.

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