Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: Unpigmented carved wood paddle with spatulate blade; top of handle is surmounted by a bird; blade is carved with a succession of fourteen incised curves; the other side is similarly carved in a succession of eight curved carvings. Note: name(?) carved in letters on side with eight incised carvings on paddle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Matamalau Island, Siassi Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E426870-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 155.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 4 cm