Paddles For Canoe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A PAIR."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies these paddles as "Paddles from Pugets sound, and the river Columbia." Catalogue card identifies as from the Northwest Coast.
label: Notes
content: 2 dark stained paddles with leaf shaped blades. # 1 of 2 has root/line binding on handle and is marked "Nootka". # 2 of 2 is missing grip end of handle. Tips of blades of both are damaged.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast / Columbia River / Puget Sound, Oregon Territory / Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2652-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - # 1 Of 2
content: 151.5 cm
label: Width - # 1 Of 2
content: 11 cm
label: Length - # 2 Of 2
content: 175 cm
label: Width - # 2 Of 2
content: 13.5 cm