Figure 129.—Aitutaki paddle without shoulders (W. O. Oldman coll., 368): total length, 78 inches; blade length, 35 inches; blade width, 6 inches, a, upper part of back of blade showing slope to shaft and carving (1). b, lower part of front of blade with long mesial ridge and, above it, four short transverse raised panels with serrated edges. c, enlargement of carving (a, 1): 1, slightly raised horizontal panel with serrated upper and lower edges, row of V-shaped figures with points opposite every alternate point in lower serrated edge, and row of sunken triangles above each V-shaped figure; 2, narrow horizontal panel with serrated upper and lower edges; 3, repetition of lowest panel (1) but with two rows of V-shaped figures instead of one row; 4, lozenges, triangles, and V-shaped figures in horizontal rows. d, enlargement of lower end of blade (b). e, head of shaft, enlarged four sided with human face incised on each surface. (From collection of late Thomas Brynton, F.S.A., York Museum.)