Paddle, Bougainville or Buka, Solomon Islands

Paddle
Bougainville or Buka, Solomon Islands
hose

Length: 63 in (160 cm)
The blade of the paddle with a label printed in black ink: "FENTON & SONS, Old Curiosity Shop. [Illegible] OXFORD STREET, LONDON."; the label with a partially effaced and illegible inscription in black ink.

Condition Report:
Good condition overall for an object of this age and type. As visible in the catalogue illustration, some old losses to the edge of the blade including to the proper left side, slightly more visible on the reverse. As mentioned in the catalogue and visible in the catalogue illustration, the front of the blade with a label for "Fenton and Sons". The blade with a pencil inscription: "P323". Fine, dry, aged patina.

Provenance:
Fenton and Sons, "The Old Curiosity Shop", London (active circa 1880-1930)
Abraham Rosman and Paula Rubel, New York