paddle, stirring

paddle, stirring

paddle, stirring

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Introduction

A Hodenosaunee wooden stirring paddle from the Six Nations of the Grand River. It was collected by Stewart Culin at the Buffalo Exposition of 1901. Now held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Museum documentation.

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s-1901
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

wood

Techniques or Format

Carved from a piece of wood. A hole has been carved or drilled in the top part of the paddle's handle.

Dimensions: 60.4 × 8.7 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

This cradleboard was collected during John Wanamaker's expedition in 1901.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 38511
Collection at Current Location: Stewart Culin Collection
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Stewart Culin collected it at the Buffalo Exposition of 1901
Collection Narratives and Histories

Stewart Culin collected it at the Buffalo Exposition of 1901.

GKS Reference Number: 25021
Record Creation Context

GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Museum documentation.

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