Beschrijvingskaart: 29 Maart 1955, Dr. S. Kooijman:<BR> Uit een stuk hout gemaakt. Het blad is langwerpig en loopt puntig toe. Aan beide zijden een door uitsnijding en uitsparing ontstane versiering in de typische Sentanimeerstijl. Kleuren van het blad : zwart en roodbruin. Volgens Hr Witte een vrouwenpagaai, gebruikt voor kleine afstanden.<BR> <BR> The blade of paddle used by women had carved patterns.<BR> These decorations are labelled as homo, a term that can be translated as ‘’writing’’ and refers both to sculpting and painting. In addition to aesthetically enhancing artefacts, homo give information about the person, family, and village who owned the object. Specific designs were used by particular groups of people and passed on from one generation to another. Each family or clan had its own designs that were kept. In addition, political alliances between villages were visualised by the use of specific designs. Designs and ornaments have mythological origins. This is suggested by local narratives in which decorations often figure in relation to spirits and ancestors. The clans used to hold control over the reproduction of the animal’s images. <BR> The men's boat had no decoration because they should '' slide through the water like a sword''<BR> Women's boats were called kayi. They were long, heavy dugout canoe. The larger one could carried some ten to fifteen women. They were used for fishing and for access to the gardens and sago swamps. Unlike the men's boat had carved ornamentation applied to the platform likea prow. <BR>