Paddle

Museum number:
1-9569
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009569
Alternate number:
137 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Acorn paddle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 35 centimeters and width 6.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.

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