Battledore Or Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1965
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Yoshio Noma
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Yoshio Noma
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Crudely carved wooden paddle. Simply painted landscape on one side and pagoda gate on other in red, yellow, green, and black on unpainted ground." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Exhibit Hall 7, case 62, where label identiifed it as: "Battledore. A game similar to badminton, with battledores and shuttlecocks but no net, is played mainly by girls on New Year's Day. Some battledores are elaborate and used for display; pictures of famous actors may be painted on the backs. The shape probably derived from a paddle for washing clothes."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 230671
label: USNM Number
content: E402627-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game Paddle