Double Bladed Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1883
label: Collection Date
content: 1882
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. William M. Beebe JR.
label: Collector
content: Greely Relief Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is associated with kayak Catalogue No. E72564-0, which is identified as collected in 1882 from Disko Bay, Greenland by Major Wm. M. Beebe, Jr..
label: Notes
content: From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Paddle - Double, with narrow blades shod with bone, and with a stout wooden handle. Accompanies Kaiak No. 72,564. Length, 7 feet. Greenland, 1882. Deposited by Chief Signal Officer, U.S. War Department."
label: Notes
content: This paddle was found misnumbered as E398278, old Division of Engineering # 76281. It also had number 72569 and "Greenland, US War Dept" written on it in old handwriting, which appears to be correct catalogue #, as it is a Greenland style bone-edged double blade kayak paddle per Harvey Golden, 3-5-2008.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West / Disko Bay, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, Greenland Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 83A00005
label: USNM Number
content: E72569-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Paddle