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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), round in section. The butt is carved into a conical shape depicting nine stylised ti'i (ancestral human figures) in a concentric arrangement. The hoe is carved in fine geometric patterns arranged over all the surface of the wood. A segment of ra'au is missing from one side of the blade. The hoe is red brown in colour with glossy patina.

  • Place
    Raivavae/Austral Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1958.57.18
  • Accession Date
    27 May 1958
  • Other Id

    35268 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • paddle, 1958.57.18, 35268, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 19 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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