Paddle

Museum number:
16-9515
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1428
Description:
Canoe paddle; wood; leaf-shaped blase; end of handle carved in shape of crescent; incised geometric designs on either end of handle; 131.5 cms length.
Donor:
Michael J. Harner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Imiria Cocha (lake) Rio Tamaya, tributary of Rio Ucayali, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Shipibo-Conibo
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
July 12, 1961
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 16-9515, described as Canoe paddle; wood; leaf-shaped blase; end of handle carved in shape of crescent; incised geometric designs on either end of handle; 131.5 cms length.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 16-9515, described as Canoe paddle; wood; leaf-shaped blase; end of handle carved in shape of crescent; incised geometric designs on either end of handle; 131.5 cms length.

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