Paddle
29-175-375
From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-375 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Haida |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Blade edges extend in straight lines from stem to broadest part of blade, turn sharply almost making angles, continue in straight lines to point at tip. Slight carination part way down center of paddle sur-face from stem. Rod-like hand grip, wider than stem and thicker. End of stem widened, flattened, and notched next to grip. Red and black "double-leaf"-like designs on blade surfaces, long black section where blade turns into stem. |
| Length | 170 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Depth | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9108 - Collector Number |
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