Canoe Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1840
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. William L. Maury
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "[Identified as] MAORI, NEW ZEALAND. *REFER TO PLATE #381, ETHNOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, E. PARTINGTON AND HEAPE, 1ST SERIES."
label: Notes
content: Paddle carved from one piece of wood. Blade is an elongated flattened oval with pointed end. On back of blade is a carved "C". Near the middle of the back in the damaged area is written in black the barely legible inscription: "Ex Ex. (with Lt. Maury's collect)". This may mean that Lt. William L. Maury was the collector of this paddle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2654-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 171 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 15 cm