Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Jan 1900
label: Collection Date
content: 1899
name: label: Collector
content: William D. Saville
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BELONGS WITH BOAT CAT. NO. 204,584."
label: Notes
content: Correspondence from Amherst Willoughby Barber in the accession file indicates that the canoe, two paddles, and two pairs of snow shoes making up Accession 36096 were collected for the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1899 on behalf of Barber by William D. Saville of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, from the Kootenai of that area. When the artifacts were catalogued, Washington state, rather than Idaho, was erroneously listed as the locality.
label: Notes
content: Memo and shipping invoice in the accession file indicate that the canoe E204584 and the paddles E204586 and E204587 were accessioned January 31, 1900, catalogued in the Division of Ethnology and transferred to the Division of Mechanical Technology April 26, 1900. They were then placed on exhibit on the north wall of the Boat Hall, April 30, 1900. The canoe and paddles were officially transferred from the Division of Engineering to the Division of Ethnology June 23, 1947.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bonners Ferry, Boundary County, Idaho, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kootenai (Kootenay, Ktunaxa)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 036096
label: USNM Number
content: E204586-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 3 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2 m