Paddle
Object type: Paddle
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Asmat people
Artist: Chief Chinasapitch
Artist role: Artist
Date: mid-20th century
Medium: Wood, sago palm leaves, fiber
Dimensions: 6 in. × 4 1/2 in. × 9 ft. 4 in. (15.2 × 11.4 × 284.5 cm)
Classification: Wood-Implements
Geography:  Per village  Papua Province (Irian Jaya) Indonesia  
River: Asewetsj and Siretsj Rivers region
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection; Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mrs. Mary C. Rockefeller, 1965
Accession year: 1978