Child's Paddle, "biute mentan"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Jan 2003
label: Collection Date
content: 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Collector
content: Dr. Robert L. Welsch
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
notes: label: Notes
content: This small paddle (biute mentan in Warapu) is from the Moriri village of Barapu in the West Sepik province...Barapu is the new settlement for the displaced Warapu people that was set up by the PNG government after the 1998 tsunami. Paulus Atane of Moriri Village made this child's paddle in 2000. It has not been used. The...paints are store bought. The paddle's incised designs represent clan motifs and are used to identify the paddle's owner...Purchased during a visit to Barapu for 5 kina.
label: Notes
content: Light color wood, carved and painted primarily white, pink, green, and yellow. Teardrop shaped blade, with designs incised and painted. Handle carved into a series of shapes, with designs incised and painted.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Moriri Village, Barapu Settlement, New Guinea / Sandaun (West Sepik) Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2020658
label: USNM Number
content: E431592-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 103 cm
label: Maximum Width
content: 12.5 cm
label: Height
content: ca 2 cm