Paddle
- Museum number:
- 2-6394
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006394
- Alternate number:
- x-2587 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Paddle of wood, unpainted, handle ends in crossbar, same piece of wood as handle, raised carved ridge on center of blade, both sides.
- 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 153 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-