paddle
H304- Heavily carved wooden paddle. Austral orTubuai Islands.
© Australian Museum
photographer: AM, Photography Dept - Paul Ovenden
- Summary:
- H000304 - 2/3/1895, paddle, , , Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Pacific
- Item Name:
- paddle
- Label:
- Heavily carved wooden paddle. Possibly from the Austral or Tubuai Islands, which Cook briefly visited on his first voyage to the Pacific.
- Keywords:
- fishing
- Province/State:
- Austral Islands
- Country:
- French Polynesia
- Collection Area:
- Pacific
- Museum Department:
- Anthropology
- Registration Date:
- 02/03/1895
- Registration Number:
- H000304
- Associated Stories:
- Banks collection - history of acquisition