Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Paddle, Canoe, Model, Hoe
A model of a hoe (waka paddle). Light brown wood. Handle is worked smooth with a round cross-section. A knob on the butt of the handle is carved with a simple human face, with eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth depicted. Blade of the paddle is oblong with a lenticular cross-section; broken at the distal end. Blade is carved on front and back with a pattern of horizontal and vertical grooves.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D66.174
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 260 x 55 x 26mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D66.174
- On Display
- No
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