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SKU: 180616-19

Tlingit Carved and Painted Dance Paddle, late 19th century

$900.00

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ca 1890
35.5"

"Collected by the Benjamin family of Seattle (circa 1880-1940) who ran the small shipping, salvage and commercial diving business The Alaska Company (Seattle, WA). Operating various maritime functions across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska".

Hulk of Idaho in use as a hospital on Seattle waterfront, 1899 to 1907.

Retirement from service

Idaho did not serve long with Captain Jackson, and on August 10, 1894, she was sold to Cohn & Cohn, a firm of junk dealers. They removed her machinery, and then sold her to Dr. Alexander De Soto. He had the vessel set up on pilings on the Seattle Waterfront at the foot of Washington Street, where she served as the Wayside Mission Hospital. Later she was taken over by the city of Seattle to function as the town's first emergency hospital. until about 1909, when a new hospital was built ashore and she was finally abandoned. The vessel gradually fell apart and it is said that her slip was filled around her and she became part of the Alaskan Way in the growing city.

 

Condition: Good

Tribe: Tlingit

Year Range: 1875 - 1900

Region: Pacific Northwest - and Alaska

Dimensions: 35.5 in

Category: Boxes - Bowls -Paddles - Rattles - Wood Carvings

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