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Dance Paddle
Dance Paddle

Dance Paddle

early 20th century
Object PlaceBuka Island, Solomon Islands
Medium/TechniqueWood, pigments
Dimensions163.19 cm (64 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of William E. and Bertha L. Teel
Accession number1996.397
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUtensils
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider (dealer, b. 1909 – d. 1987), Munich. November 9. 1987, sold by Maurice Bonnefoy, Garennes-sur-Eure, France and New York (dealer; stock no. 3097) to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 1996, partial gift of William and Bertha Teel to the MFA; 2014, acquired fully with the bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Dates: December 18, 1996 and February 26, 2014)