Paddle

Museum number:
2-30833
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020030833
Accession number:
Acc.1339
Description:
Canoe paddle, with painted totemic design in blue, red, and black. Bird design: Charles Brown recognized bird design by 3 claws on feet.
Donor:
Elsie Moller
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
Annie Moller
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 127 centimeters and width 13 centimeters
Comment:
Probably from Yakatat per Tlingit visitor George Ramos, point was used to sink Chugach skin kayaks.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Paddle, accession number 2-30833, described as Canoe paddle, with painted totemic design in blue, red, and black. Bird design: Charles Brown recognized bird design by 3 claws on feet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Paddle, accession number 2-30833, described as Canoe paddle, with painted totemic design in blue, red, and black. Bird design: Charles Brown recognized bird design by 3 claws on feet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-30833, described as Canoe paddle, with painted totemic design in blue, red, and black. Bird design: Charles Brown recognized bird design by 3 claws on feet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-30833, described as Canoe paddle, with painted totemic design in blue, red, and black. Bird design: Charles Brown recognized bird design by 3 claws on feet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-30833, described as Canoe paddle, with painted totemic design in blue, red, and black. Bird design: Charles Brown recognized bird design by 3 claws on feet.

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