Canoe Paddle "Hoe"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Mar 2024
name: label: Donor Name
content: Ray Bumatay
notes: label: Notes
content: Steering canoe paddle (hoe in Hawaiian) made from koa hard wood (Acacia koa), made by Ray Bumatay. This type of paddle is used in the back of a canoe to help guide the vessel. On one side of the paddle's blade is a slight projection which is used to help improve the hydrodynamics of the paddle. The paddle (and a lei) were gifts given by Ray and Alika Bumatay when they came to NMNH in to work on the wa'a (canoe) gifted by Queen Kapi'olani to the Smithsonian in 1888 (catalog number E160416), and noticed that the canoe did not have a paddle. The paddle is to be kept with the canoe.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaiʻi) Island, Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2085127
label: USNM Number
content: E436262-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Paddle
content: 168.5 cm
label: Maximum Width - Paddle
content: 27 cm
label: Maximum Depth - Paddle
content: 4 cm