Canoe Or Kyak Paddles (1 Pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LXXX-8; P. 223. 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG.360, P.264. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." Crossroads of Continents caption notes: "The paddles are decorated with a female sexual emblem seen when the blades are conjoined, and have tunghak faces cut into their handles."
label: Notes
content: Photo and description in Fienup-Riordan, Ann. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput, The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, p. 106 Caption notes: "Paddles from Qissunaq, with painted designs. Smiling male and frowning female images, similar to those found on cockpit coaming stanchions, have been carved on opposite sides of their handles."
label: Notes
content: One kayak paddle is illustrated and described in detail on p. 468 and Color Plate XIII, # 5, after p. 274 in Golden, Harvey. 2015. Kayaks of Alaska. Portland, OR: White House Grocery Press.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Aug 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kushunuk (Qissunaq), Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E36057-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Paddle