Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Paddle
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Accession no.: | Y: 77/15/3 | ||||||||||||
Title: | Paddle | ||||||||||||
Description: | Double bladed paddle. Tunumiit (East Greenlanders). Tasiilaq (Ammasssalik), Kalaallit Nunaata Tunua (East Greenland), 1930-1931. Collected by W. E. Hampton (British Arctic Air Expedition) | ||||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Kayak, double-bladed. Made from a single piece of wood. Oval hand-grip at centre flares towards flat blades. Semi-circular bone cap is attached to end of each blade and secured with two circular bone rivets. Strip of bone (604 mm long) is attached to each side of blade with circular wood rivets. Metal plate is attached to both sides of one blade with metal nails. |
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