Canoe Paddle Painted
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THREE ARE NARROW BLADES (3.25 IN.) AND THREE STEERING PADDLES (4 IN.). TWO PAINTED BY KUMBIALA AND ONE BY MOTA. VARIOUS DESIGNS PAINTED ON BLADES GEOMETRIC AND ANIMAL DESIGNS. ROUND HANDLES PAINTED RED. LOANED TO THE EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA 2/19/75, RETURNED 6-6-1975."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Groote Eylandt / Umbakumba, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387428-4
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 122 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 145 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 8 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 11.4 cm