Paddle

Museum number:
2-1914
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001914
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Paddle of wood, floral design in blue pigment on upper blade, both sides, raised carved ridge in center of blade extends to tip of blade on one side but not other side. Written on handle, "Ft. Yukon 1895." Pattern probably forms totem or ownership marks.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
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 200 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, p. 244.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-1914, described as Paddle of wood, floral design in blue pigment on upper blade, both sides, raised carved ridge in center of blade extends to tip of blade on one side but not other side. Written on handle, "Ft. Yukon 1895." Pattern probably forms totem or ownership marks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-1914, described as Paddle of wood, floral design in blue pigment on upper blade, both sides, raised carved ridge in center of blade extends to tip of blade on one side but not other side. Written on handle, "Ft. Yukon 1895." Pattern probably forms totem or ownership marks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-1914, described as Paddle of wood, floral design in blue pigment on upper blade, both sides, raised carved ridge in center of blade extends to tip of blade on one side but not other side. Written on handle, "Ft. Yukon 1895." Pattern probably forms totem or ownership marks.

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