Paddle
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: Smooth, hardwood paddle with a backward-curving, unevenly shouldered blade which has a raised rib running down the center back. The shaft is cylindrical, and has two drilled holes presumably for exhibition purposes. Has original Peale tag, also written on paddle, "Clermont de Tonnerre [i.e. Reao] eastern most of Wallis Islands, May 1839". PUBLICATION: "MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO," KENNETH P. EMORY, 1975, P. 182.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuamotuan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3611-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 155.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10.6 cm