Two paddles

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Description

middle brown wood, matt patina, party open worked, ornamental carvings, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
such decorative but eminently unfunctional oars have early souvenir trade status, though they are also reported to have been used indigeniously, perhaps as dance wands during canoe regatta festivities.

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Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 180

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