Canoe Paddle
| Object Number: | 2020-15-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | United States of America Alaska Chichagof Island Hoonah |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Maker: | Donald Starbard |
| Date Made: | 2017 |
| Early Date: | 2017 |
| Late Date: | 2017 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Spruce Wood |
| Iconography: | Sea Otter Clam Sun Kelp |
| Length: | 137 cm |
| Width: | 17.5 cm |
| Depth: | 4 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Julian Siggers, 2020 |
Description
The object is a Hoonah canoe paddle made and painted by Donald Starbard (Wak'eesh). It depicts a sea otter, once hunted out during the fur trade but now in abundance once again in the Hoonah homeland of Glacier Bay, on his back eating a clam/sun symbol on its stomach surrounded by kelp/seaweed.
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