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Object Number 78-5-30/16784
Display Title Paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, crutch style handle
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Amazonas
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 120 x 14 x 3 cm (47 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 16784
Provenance
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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