Steering-Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Jul 1892
name: label: Donor Name
content: Royal Zoological Museum, Florence
notes: label: Notes
content: From page 83 of digitized accession file: 'Large carved steering-paddle from Tervia near Walckenaar Bay on North coast of New Guinea - Very rare."
label: Notes
content: From old original label/tag for paddle: "Very fine large carved steering paddle of the war-canoe of the Chief. Village of Tervia near Walckenaar Bay, N. coast of New Guinea. A rare and valuable specimen collected in 1884 by Bruijn. - H. H. Giglioli." Bruijn may refer to Antonie Augustus Bruijn (1842 - 1890)?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Taronta, Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea/Papua), Indonesia, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papuan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025949
label: USNM Number
content: E164802-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle