Canoe Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: CANOE PADDLE, CARVED OF REDDISH-BROWN HARDWOOD WITH A POINTED BLADE WHICH HAS A SLIGHT RIDGE ON ONE SIDE AND IS FLAT ON THE OTHER. THE HANDLE IS BENT SLIGHTLY AT THE PROXIMAL END. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO WRITTEN ON THE BLADE IN OLD INK: "FROM VILLAGE OF ASAU, MR. A. HIDE OF ISLE OF SAVAIE, NAVIGATOR GROUP, FROM C. RINGOLD.". WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE PACIFIC HALL, N.M.N.H., 1989 [exhibit dismantled in 2004]. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CANOE PADDLE, PLAIN, FINE SPECIMEN. "FROM VILLAGE OF ASAU MR. A. HIDE OF ISLE OF SAVAIE, NAVIGATOR GROUP, FROM C. RINGOLD", WRITTEN ON BLADE IN OLD INK. DIA. OF HANDLE, 1 1/4", MAX. WIDTH OF BLADE 9 3/16". REDDISH BROWN WOOD. SLIGHT RIDGE ON ONE SIDE, FLAT ON OTHER, POINT THICKENED ON BOTH SIDES. BEND IN HANDLE 3 1/4" FROM END. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Asau, Savai'i Island, Samoa (Western Samoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3475-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Handle
content: 3.17 cm
label: Width - Blade
content: 23.34 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 142 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24 cm