Rare canoe paddle, before 1914 · Papua New Guinea, North Coast, Sandaun Province, Sissano Lagoon · ID: 3051828
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
W. Sahr, GermanyFrank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (1989)
Size
L: 177 cm
L: 69.7 inch
Description
wood, black pigment, collection no. “992”, drilled hole (paddle blade)
Used to paddle outrigger boats for fishing and trading trips.
The area around the Sissano lagoon and the village of Warapu (near Aitape), where this paddle comes from, was severely devastated by a tsunami in 1998.
The object Rare canoe paddle, before 1914 with the object ID 3051828 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 133 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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