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Catalog # Name Description
1 1970.78.15.16 Paddle Wooden carved canoe paddle from Peru
2 1970.9.70 Paddle Canoe paddle from Columbia made of ceiba wood. From Arara Indian tribe, located 20 miles west of Leticia, Colombia. Broadly ovate; handle at right angle to shaft and indented. Black blade and handle, natural color shaft.
3 1997.4.13 Paddle Wide ovoid, flat paddle carved in one with cylindrical handle. End of handle carved into plain 4" knob, cylindrical in shape. Paddle is trimmed with pattern of red dots. Marked in pencil by the collector "From Indian River tribe east of mountains near Bogota.
4 1997.4.14 Paddle Wooden canoe paddle. One end wide and pointed, decorated in circular pattern with 6 petals revealed by darkening areas between them. narrow line scored into wood 1" from edge. Handle portion of this end rounded and smooth.; Other end is narrower and rounded. A 12" x 1/2" channel has been cut through the wood. Each end is a circle 5/8" in diameter. A similar size circle has been left in the wood at the center of the opening. A narrow line is incised 5/8" from the edge. Handle portion at this end has squared edge. Marked by the collector in red "Procured at the Durka bush Negro village Santigran on the gold river village Saramaaca 1964. This is the same village where I procured the dugout canoe."
5 1997.4.15 Paddle Wooden canoe paddle from Albina/Surinam. Narrow through center section; wide at each end. One end rounded and painted on both sides with a hiled-like pattern of green, red, blue, pink, and white. Other end widens also but is squared off at end. This end carved both sides at neck portion with what resembles an interlacing double chain. A line 1/4" wide and parallel to edge, is painted blue. Center of this area has a line of chip =-carved half-moons down its length. Marked in red by the collector, "Procured at Albina Surinam 1964." and in pencil, " L M tTok H EN Albina."
6 2008.2.6 Blowgun The wooden tube has a 1/4" tube wide hole that goes, from end to end, for the dart. On one of the ends is a blade, that is attached with woven wood, which is 5 1/2" long. A thin piece of wood, which looks like the end of a dart. Sticks out near the blade, it's 5 1/2" longs. Balleh River/Nangentawan/Sarawak/Borneo
7 2008.2.7 Blowgun Constructed from iron wood (called tabalien or ulin) Used in hunting small and large animals. A slight taper from one end to the other. At both ends, 1/2" wide hole for darts. Wood has a pattern of light brown uniform lines. Balleh River/Nangentawan/Sarawak/Borneo