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Hoe

human history
  • Other Name

    Paddle (English)

  • Description

    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), square in section, that flares toward the butt. The shaft is chipped in areas along its edges. The butt is carved into ten stylised ti'i (ancestral human figures) arranged concentrically to create a form that is round in section. The facial features of each human figure are obscured as they have been carved away.

    The hoe is carved in fine geometric patterns over all the surfaces of the wood including four large sun motifs visible on one side of the blade. The hoe is red brown in colour although patchy discolouration is visible on one side of the blade. It has some patina.

  • Place
    Austral Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1938.16
  • Accession Date
    09 Feb 1938
  • Other Id

    23658 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1938.16, 23658, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle

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