Hoe

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Hoe. Carved ceremonial paddle. This hoe (paddle) is carved from ra'au (hardwood) into a leaf-shaped blade with a long slender to'o (shaft), round in section, that flares toward the butt. The butt is carved into a flat rectangular shape with eight stylised ti'i (ancestral human figures) carved across its four sides. The hoe is carved in fine geometric patterns arranged in bands over all the surface of the wood. The hoe is dark brown in colour with glossy patina.

Last Update: 18 Jun 2018
Other Name

Paddle (English)

Place
High Island/Raivavai/Austral Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
Accession Date

1924

Other Id

14475 (ethnology)

.A3 (Edge-Partington)

Department

Pacific

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