DAYAK PADDLE
Item #TRI0053
A wooden Dayak paddle, Sarawak area, 19th century
Glossy dark patina / Hard brown wood / T-shaped top / cylindrical shaft engraved at each end / Engravings filled with remnants of original white pigments.
Length: 104 cm.
Condition:
Very good, as seen on photos, if required ask for condition
report.
Additional info:
A similar paddle is in the British Museum collection, and depicted in Henry Ling Roths work, The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo, "1896".
