Skip Navigation

Collection Menu
Maori. <em>Paddle (Hoe)</em>, ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail1.jpg)
Maori. Paddle (Hoe), ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail1.jpg)
Maori. <em>Paddle (Hoe)</em>, ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail1.jpg)

Maori. Paddle (Hoe), ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail1.jpg)

Maori. <em>Paddle (Hoe)</em>, ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.03.324.2791b_detail.jpg)

Maori. Paddle (Hoe), ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.03.324.2791b_detail.jpg)

Maori. <em>Paddle (Hoe)</em>, ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail3.jpg)

Maori. Paddle (Hoe), ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail3.jpg)

Maori. <em>Paddle (Hoe)</em>, ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail2.jpg)

Maori. Paddle (Hoe), ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail2.jpg)

Maori. <em>Paddle (Hoe)</em>, ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , unidentified_X262_03.324.2791b_glass_bw.jpg)

Maori. Paddle (Hoe), ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , unidentified_X262_03.324.2791b_glass_bw.jpg)

Maori. <em>Paddle (Hoe)</em>, ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 03.324.2793_03.324.2795_03.324.2791b_glass.bw.jpg)

Maori. Paddle (Hoe), ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 03.324.2793_03.324.2795_03.324.2791b_glass.bw.jpg)

DOWNLOAD

Paddle (Hoe)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Maori
MEDIUM Wood, pāua shell
  • Place Made: Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
    • DATES ca. 1900
    DIMENSIONS 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS "02.110" written in black on handle
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 03.324.2791b
    CREDIT LINE Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward
    EXHIBITIONS
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Maori. Paddle (Hoe), ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail1.jpg)
    IMAGE detail, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
    "CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
    RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
    You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply). For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
    RECORD COMPLETENESS
    Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
    Maori. <em>Paddle (Hoe)</em>, ca. 1900. Wood, pāua shell, 63 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (160.0 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2791b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2791b_detail1.jpg)

    TAGS

    Maori
    Paddle
    wood

    TAGS

    Maori
    Paddle
    wood

    RELATED OBJECTS

    Laughing Girl Vase Vase The White Roses The Willows Seder Plate Torah Finials or Rimonim Hanukkah Lamp Mug Bowl Pair of Salts Vase Arabesque Diadem Mountain at Sunset, Tahiti Mask (Pwoom Itok) Zamble Helmet Crest Mask The Wilbour Plaque A Dairy in Beaulieu (Une laiterie à Beaulieu) The Bathers Mahuika, from the "Digital Marae" series Shield Used for Parrying Missiles Shield Pendant (Hei-tiki) Pendant (Hei-tiki) Pendant (Pekapeka) Gable Figure (Tekoteko) Gable Mask (Koruru) Gable Finial (Tekoteko) Gable Finial (Tekoteko) Club (Wahaika) Paddle (Hoe) Club (Taiaha) Club (Taiaha) Small Figure Small Figure Small Figure Grass Cutter Grass Cutter Paddle (Hoe) Chisel (Whao) Canoe Prow (Tauihu) Lintel (Pare or Kōrupe) Paddle (Hoe) Club (Tewhatewha) Hand Club (Patu Onewa) Panel (Poupou) Treasure Box with Lid (Wakahuia)