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Object Number 78-5-30/16785
Display Title Paddle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, crutch shaped handle, round bottom
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Amazonas
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 112 x 30.8 x 3.1 cm (44 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 78-5-30/16785 / 38 / 16785
Provenance
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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