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Object Number 38-44-10/12737
Display Title Wooden paddle used for stirring food
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden paddle used for stirring food
Inventory Description Paddle, carved wood, tapered handle
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bois Forte?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Ontario
Additional Geographic Terms Long Portage; Moose River
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 28.3 x 7.5 x 1.4 cm (11 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-44-10/12737
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman, Class of 1901, A.B. 1901, M.D. 1905, 1938
Provenance
Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (9/01/1903)
Donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (05/02/1938)

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