Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jan 1888
label: Collection Date
content: 18 Dec 1886 to 31 Dec 1886
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. William J. Thomson
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department of the Navy
label: Expedition
content: Mohican Survey of Easter Island
label: Vessel
content: U.S.S. Mohican
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Pair [E129746-0 and E129746-1] illus. in USNM AR, 1889; Pl. 59; p. 538. Description in Thomson, p. 538."
label: Notes
content: These are navigational paddles or scull oars (mata kao), per p. 45 of "Ingrained Images: Wood Carvings from Easter Island", by Joan Seaver Kurze, Easter Island Foundation/Cloud Mountain Press, 1997.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 020078
label: USNM Number
content: E129746-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 183 cm