Canoe Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "*THOUGH THIS APPEARED IN THE PEALE CATALOG AS N.W. COAST, IT IS FROM THE SOLOMAN ISL. - S. RIESENBERG. COMPARE WITH EDGE-PARTINGTON ALBUM, NO.205. CRUTCH END TO THE HANDLE, EXPANDED BLADE IS PAINTED IN HORIZONTAL BANDS OF RED; AND BLACK BIRDS ON ONE SIDE AND FISH ON THE OTHER SIDE."
label: Notes
content: Wooden paddle. Tip of handle is decorated with a geometric face painted in black. Handle ends in a crescent shape. Both sides of paddle are painted with red and black pigments. Central motif on one side is birds; on the other, fish. Both sides of point carry paintings of a person. Near the handle on both sides are variants of a striped geometric pattern. Has original Peale # label.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Solomon Islands, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2653-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 113 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.8 cm