Collector:

Dr. John R. Swanton  Search this

Donor Name:

Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this

Culture:

Chitimacha  Search this

Object Type:

Wash Paddle

Place:

Charenton, Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States, North America

Accession Date:

29 Dec 1908

Notes:

Albert Naquin, Traditional Chief; Boyo Billiot, Deputy Chief; Chantel Comardelle, Tribal Secretary; and Heather Stone, collaborator; made the following comments during the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, October 23-27, 2017. Boyo describes that to use a washing paddle you put the clothes in the stream or bayou and hit the paddle against the clothes.

Record Last Modified:

14 Feb 2023

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

049570

USNM Number:

E252938-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fdb8fb02-8449-410d-97d1-cdb43605ddc1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8374676