Carved Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. John H. Aulick
label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: From catalog card [for both E3715-0 and E3715-1]: "6/26/61. Two Raivavae paddles bear this number, one of them with a label still adhering "Comm. Aulick to no. Varden and what looks like "Auigt". This latter is 37 1/2" long. This is probably the specimen listed in John Varden's Washington Museum Catalog (original in Smithsonian Institution Archives) as: "A paddle from the Harvey Islands." obtained by Varden from Capt. Aulock, U.S. Navy. August. 18, 1837."
label: Notes
content: On exhibit in NMNH Sant Ocean Hall. 2014 exhibit caption identifies this as a ceremonial paddle.
label: Notes
content: Anthropology Catalogue ledger book lists location as "Harvey Is." [Manuae, Cook Islands] and catalog card originally said Harvey Islands, but this was later crossed out by an unknown person and changed to "Raivavae" [Austral Islands].
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Raivavae Island, Austral Islands, France, 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: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E3715-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 95.2 cm