Paddle

Museum number:
1-13837
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010013837
Accession number:
Acc.325
Description:
Wooden; appears to have been well used. Made from wood cut from a barrel stave, of pine; one piece, shovel-shaped.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Bernardino; Needles
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
February 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Pottery paddle: used for making pottery.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 23.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-13837, described as Wooden; appears to have been well used. Made from wood cut from a barrel stave, of pine; one piece, shovel-shaped.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-13837, described as Wooden; appears to have been well used. Made from wood cut from a barrel stave, of pine; one piece, shovel-shaped.

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