Canoe Paddle
2020-15-1
Location: On Display in the Native North America Gallery
From: United States of America | Alaska | Chichagof Island | Hoonah
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2020-15-1 |
| Current Location | Native North America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Chichagof Island | Hoonah |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Creator | Donald Starbard |
| Date Made | 2017 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Wood |
| Iconography | Sea Otter | Clam | Sun | Kelp |
| Description | Dance canoe paddle made and painted by Donald Starbard (Wak'eesh) of Hoonah. The design motif depicts a sea otter currently in abundance once again in the Hoonah homelands of Glacier Bay. The sea otter, surrounded by kelp/seaweed, is on his back eating a clam/sun symbol held on its stomach. This item was given as a gift to the Penn Museum in recognition of a repatriation and an MOU/partnership developed by the Tribe and Penn Museum. |
| Length | 137 cm |
| Width | 17.5 cm |
| Depth | 5.71 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Julian Siggers, 2020 |
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