Figure 131.—Carved paddle, Mangaia (British Mus., 3000). a, full blade with shortened handle: total length, 1,740 mm.; blade length, 745 mm.; blade length from shoulder to widest part, 502 mm.; length widest part to tip, 243 mm. b, upper part of blade: concave shoulder, 150 mm. wide and 31 mm. thick in middle line; four rows of small triangles with bases forming continuous line. c, lower end of blade: greatest width, 220 mm. where sides form an obtuse angle; mesial ridge, 312 mm. long and 15 mm. wide, carved throughout. d, enlargement of section of mesial ridge, showing transverse K-motif in carving. e, enlargement of top of shaft: squared and divided into three horizontal panels on each surface and carved with K-motif; middle part of middle panel perforated with rectangular hole from front back and from side to side.