Wooden Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Mar 1945
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. A H. Mallery
label: Donor Name
content: Capt. A H. Mallery
notes: label: Notes
content: "Kala village" is almost certainly the large settlement of Kalo. Presumably donor collected this at the end of the Pacific War.
label: Notes
content: From catalog card: "Lanceolote shape blade, handle round with incised grooves at tapered end. Light wood, over all spiral designs applied by burning."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kalo, Hood Bay, New Guinea / Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Melanesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 169816
label: USNM Number
content: E383643-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 135.9 cm