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Object Number
99-12-10/53655
Display Title
Canoe paddle, elaborately decorated. Blade painted green, double curve motif.
Descriptions
Object Description
Canoe paddle, elaborately decorated. Blade painted green, double curve motif. De
Inventory Description
Paddle, carved wood, painted green blade, double curved design
Classification
- Paddle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
circa 1849
Culture
- Penobscot
- Passamaquoddy?
- Algonquian
- Eastern Abenaki?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wood Pigment Paint Brass
Dimensions
Length: 180.5 cm, Width: 17.6 cm, Dep: 3.3 cm
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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