Paddle

Museum number:
2-1919
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Paddle, double bladed of wood, raised carved ridge in center of each blade, painted red band on area between blades, geometric red and blue painted design on blades. Pattern probably forms totem or ownership marks.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Paddle for umiak or kaiak.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 181 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, p. 244.
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-1919, described as Paddle, double bladed of wood, raised carved ridge in center of each blade, painted red band on area between blades, geometric red and blue painted design on blades. Pattern probably forms totem or ownership marks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-1919, described as Paddle, double bladed of wood, raised carved ridge in center of each blade, painted red band on area between blades, geometric red and blue painted design on blades. Pattern probably forms totem or ownership marks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-1919, described as Paddle, double bladed of wood, raised carved ridge in center of each blade, painted red band on area between blades, geometric red and blue painted design on blades. Pattern probably forms totem or ownership marks.

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