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Canoe PaddleE26771-0
Canoe PaddleE23542-0

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

Culture
Clallam ?, Haida ? or Bella Bella (Heiltsuk) ?
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Canoe PaddleE206558-0

From card: "Crutch handle carved out; not painted."

Culture
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Canoe PaddleE23537-0

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

Culture
Clallam ?, Haida ? or Bella Bella (Heiltsuk) ?
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Canoe PaddleE1790-0
Canoe PaddleE26769-0
Whaling PaddleE26777-0

FROM CARD: "26774-83. #26777 TO TROCADERO [1883]."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Canoe Paddles (2)E3886-0
Pair Of PaddlesE130782-0

Ledger book says: Commodore E. [Edmund] P. [Pendleton] Kennedy U.S.N. in 1832, U.S.S. Peacock.A partial label attached to paddle # 1 of 2 says: "Pair of Indian Paddles, from Behrin Strait [sic], Presented by Com: E. P. Kennedy, U.S.N. on return to Norfolk, Va [?] the Sloop of War Peacoc[k] from a cruise in the N? 1832 ... substa? ..."

Culture
Haida ?
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Canoe PaddleE26767-0