Sculpture (3) - Wood - Tiki - Polynesia
No. 35979893
Ceremonial paddle called Oa - Wood - Marquesas Islands
No. 35979893
Ceremonial paddle called Oa - Wood - Marquesas Islands
CURIOS
Ceremonial Dance Paddle (Rapa)
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Second half of the 20th century
Wood
Height: 102.5 cm; Width: 17 cm; Depth: 3 cm.
Curios ceremonial paddle. It is entirely carved with geometric motifs, structured around an anthropomorphic figure, engraved on the palm. It ends into a little protrusion in the shape of a stem.
The handle is rectangular.
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