Paddle
33-29-2
From: United States of America | Alaska | Copper River Delta
Curatorial Section: American
| 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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