Paddle

Museum number:
2-6397
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2590 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Paddle of wood, geometric painted design in black and red pigments, red band on handle, crossbar at end of handle carved from same piece of wood as rest, slight carved raised ridge in center of blade on both sides. Pattern probably forms totem or ownership mark.
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 136 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, p. 244.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-6397, described as Paddle of wood, geometric painted design in black and red pigments, red band on handle, crossbar at end of handle carved from same piece of wood as rest, slight carved raised ridge in center of blade on both sides. Pattern probably forms totem or ownership mark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-6397, described as Paddle of wood, geometric painted design in black and red pigments, red band on handle, crossbar at end of handle carved from same piece of wood as rest, slight carved raised ridge in center of blade on both sides. Pattern probably forms totem or ownership mark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-6397, described as Paddle of wood, geometric painted design in black and red pigments, red band on handle, crossbar at end of handle carved from same piece of wood as rest, slight carved raised ridge in center of blade on both sides. Pattern probably forms totem or ownership mark.

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