Double Blade Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1883
label: Collection Date
content: 1882
name: label: Collector
content: Lt P.H. Ray
label: Collector
content: John Murdoch
label: Collector
content: Middleton Smith
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Signal Service
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CONDITION REPORT AFTER REMOVAL FROM EXHIBIT HALL 9 (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "CARVED FROM 1 PIECE OF WOOD. PADDLE HAS ROUND TIPS. RED STAINED ALL OVER." From card: "Illus. in BAE 9th AR, fig. 340, p. 330, ditto; 18th AR pt. 1, Fig. 71a; p. 225." BAE 9th Annual Report, p. 331, indicates this is the paddle for kayak # 56773. Kayak E56773 has been identified as probably the kayak now called # E307211. See remarks for E307211 for more information.
label: Notes
content: This kayak paddle is illustrated and described in detail on p. 499 and Color Plate XXIV, # 2, after p. 274 in Golden, Harvey. 2015. Kayaks of Alaska. Portland, OR: White House Grocery Press.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013712
label: USNM Number
content: E89246-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 213 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm