Carved Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. John H. Aulick
label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD [for both E3715-0 and E3715-1]: "6/26/61. TWO RAIVAVAE PADDLES BEAR THIS NUMBER, ONE OF THEM WITH A LABEL STILL ADHERING "COMM. AULICK TO JNO. VARDEN " AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE "AUIGT". THIS LATTER IS 37 1/2" LONG. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SPECIMEN LISTED IN JOHN VARDEN'S WASHINGTON MUSEUM CATALOG (ORIGINAL IN SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ARCHIVES) AS: "A PADDLE FROM THE HARVEY ISLANDS." OBTAINED BY VARDEN FROM CAPT. AULICK, U.S. NAVY. AUGUST. 18, 1837."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Raivavae Island, Austral Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E3715-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 95.2 cm