Paddle

Museum number:
2-6396
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2589 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Paddle of wood, end of handle broken off (lost), upper area of blade painted red, both sides, raised carved ridge in center of both sides but extends to tip on one side only.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Paddle for umiak or kaiak.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 165 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-6396, described as Paddle of wood, end of handle broken off (lost), upper area of blade painted red, both sides, raised carved ridge in center of both sides but extends to tip on one side only.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-6396, described as Paddle of wood, end of handle broken off (lost), upper area of blade painted red, both sides, raised carved ridge in center of both sides but extends to tip on one side only.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-6396, described as Paddle of wood, end of handle broken off (lost), upper area of blade painted red, both sides, raised carved ridge in center of both sides but extends to tip on one side only.

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