Paddle

33-29-2

From: United States of America | Alaska | Copper River Delta

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 33-29-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eyak
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Copper River Delta
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden; unpainted. Handle is oval in section (3.5 x 3 cm) with greateer diameter in the plane of the blade; the end i carved to a crutch-shaped grip 6 cm wide. Blade is pointed at the tip, the greates width in the middle. The paddle was broken and the handle reshaped for an axe.

Length 175 cm
Credit Line Alaskan Expedition, Frederica de Laguna, 1933
Other Number 33-39-3 (incorrect) - Other Number

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