Double Bladed Paddle

Object Details

Collector

Maj. William M. Beebe JR.

Greely Relief Expedition

Donor Name

U.S. Department Of War

This object is associated with kayak Catalogue No. E72564-0, which is identified as collected in 1882 from Disko Bay, Greenland by Major Wm. M. Beebe, Jr..

From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Paddle - Double, with narrow blades shod with bone, and with a stout wooden handle. Accompanies Kaiak No. 72,564. Length, 7 feet. Greenland, 1882. Deposited by Chief Signal Officer, U.S. War Department."

This paddle was found misnumbered as E398278, old Division of Engineering # 76281. It also had number 72569 and "Greenland, US War Dept" written on it in old handwriting, which appears to be correct catalogue #, as it is a Greenland style bone-edged double blade kayak paddle per Harvey Golden, 3-5-2008.

Record Last Modified

9 Feb 2016

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Eskimo, Inuit, Greenland Inuit

Accession Date

19 Jan 1883

Collection Date

1882

Accession Number

83A00005

USNM Number

E72569-0

Object Type

Kayak Paddle

Place

West / Disko Bay, Greenland

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Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8476426

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f0c63bce-e4f2-4c5b-8f0e-017b26d5a0a6