Buka Paddle

Mediumwood, paint

Dimensions5 1/8 × 60 in. (13 × 152.4 cm)

Object number00.200.483

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionCarved and painted wooden buka paddle with faded white painted background on paddlehead and decorated with a tree motif on one side and a raised ridge down the center on the opposite side. Red and black paint used in decoration, also very faded.ProvenanceMarked with D-8?? number (last two digits have been erased).

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