Paddle

Museum number:
1-4311
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004311
Alternate number:
1558 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Wooden (oak or ash). One piece handled, square hovel shaped. Appears to be made from a keg or barrel stave.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mohave Valley, Mohave County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Pottery paddle to be used with cobble #1-4312.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 20.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #73: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 3, 1962–May 3, 1962) and S1973-1974 #58: Merritt College (February 1, 1974–April 24, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-4311, described as Wooden (oak or ash). One piece handled, square hovel shaped. Appears to be made from a keg or barrel stave.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-4311, described as Wooden (oak or ash). One piece handled, square hovel shaped. Appears to be made from a keg or barrel stave.

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