Rare canoe paddle, before 1914
Papua New Guinea, North Coast, Sandaun Province, Sissano Lagoon
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.