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Arrow Iron-PointedE73547-0
Coconut Shell Bottle, Beautifully CarvedE73555-0
Seal Spear-PointE73556-0
Seal Club, WoodE73562-0
Wood & Bone CharmsE73566-0
MatE73549-0
Canoe-PaddleE73544-0

From card: "Loan: Crossroads Sep 22 1988. Loan returned: Jan 21 1993. Illus.: Crossroads of Continents catalogue; Fig. 190, p. 157." Identified in photo caption as "Steering Paddle, Haida. Long, broad-bladed paddles were used by the steersman of large traveling canoes. Crew paddles were shorter and more pointed. Designs on paddles related to the design on the canoe, this one being an octopus with long, sucker-lined tentacles. The paddle is made of tough yellow cedar."

Culture
Haida ?
Made in
Howkan, Long Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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