Paddle, "Ais"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Jan 2003
label: Collection Date
content: 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Collector
content: Dr. Robert L. Welsch
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
notes: label: Notes
content: This paddle ("ais" in Ali) was made in the Malung village on the island of Ali, which is situated just off the coast of Aitape in the West Sepik Province...Pius Raok of Malung village carved and painted [it]. The blue color...is from a native tree said to be "nyuny". This paddle is new (made in 2000) and has never been used and was purchased for fifty kina.
label: Notes
content: Light colored wood. Mostly plain handle with blue paint near end. Long blade with a fish (shark?) painted in red and blue on both front and back.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Malung, Island of Ali, Sandaun (West Sepik) Province, Papua New Guinea, 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: 2020658
label: USNM Number
content: E431593-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 184 cm
label: Maximum Width
content: 14 cm
label: Height - Handle
content: ca 3.5 cm