Canoe paddle model/miniature

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Date created: circa 1910

Culture/People: Northwest Coast
Previous owner: The Museum Shop (L.O. Gannon & Son Galleries and Bookshop [after 1969]/Museum Shop Mabton); Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from The Museum Shop, a book and antique shop in Mabton, Washington, owned by William L. Gannon (1919-1985), at an unknown date; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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Place: Alaska, British Columbia; USA, Canada (inferred)

See related items: Northwest Coast; Watercraft and accessories

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1230
Barcode: 251230.000

Object Type: Watercraft and accessories

Object Name: Canoe paddle model/miniature
Media/Materials: Wood, paint
Techniques: Carved, painted
Dimensions: 45.7 x 7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws618e3313f-0759-4e9e-8cc8-f6e6e81e1ccb

Record ID: NMAI_267080