Photo Credit: Brick Store Museum
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Passamquoddy Elder Paddles
Came across this beautiful photo of Butch Phillips, a Penobscot tribal elder in a bark canoe with some traditional paddles...
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
Passamaquoddy Porpoise Hunter Pic
Here's a nice pic of some Passamaquoddy canoes and a paddle from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion dated to 1851.
Part of the caption reads:
Similar pics featuring bark canoes and porpoise hunting can be see in this earlier post and another one here.
Part of the caption reads:
The engraving illustrates a branch of Indian enterprise in Passamaquoddy Bay, on the coast of Maine. Summer travellers often see the Indians, in their frail canoes, in pursuit of the porpoises, which they shoot, and then most dexterously by the use of their peculiarly barbed spear, take into the canoe and convey ashore, where they cut them up and try out the oil. Most of the oil in common use at Eastport and places along that coast, is from the porpoise, and nets the Indian about eighty or ninety cents per gallon. The picturesque appearance of the Indian fisherman in his light canoe, is very striking...
Similar pics featuring bark canoes and porpoise hunting can be see in this earlier post and another one here.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Nige Ayers' Decorated Centre Yoke
Fellow paddler blogger and pyrography artist, Nige Ayers of Simply Canoe has posted about a creative bit of canoe art - a decorated portage yoke. Here's a preview image below...
The single burn work was mostly done freehand and features some animal imagery chosen for their spiritual meanings. Really like how he has filled up the spaces with darkened patters and perfectly made use of the awkward contours found on curved centre yokes.
His full post entitled, "Pimp my Yoke", featuring more descriptive details and closeup pics can be read HERE
Well done Nige!
May 10th update: For those interested in seeing more of Nige's pyro artwork, check out his facebook page
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The single burn work was mostly done freehand and features some animal imagery chosen for their spiritual meanings. Really like how he has filled up the spaces with darkened patters and perfectly made use of the awkward contours found on curved centre yokes.
His full post entitled, "Pimp my Yoke", featuring more descriptive details and closeup pics can be read HERE
Well done Nige!
May 10th update: For those interested in seeing more of Nige's pyro artwork, check out his facebook page
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Historic Photo: Canoe Poling Upstream
From this expired Ebay ad - a vintage image of canoe poling. He seems so effortless holding the position above the small rapid. Unfortunately no details about the photo's origins.
Unknown Canoe Poler
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Celebrity Canoe Paddles: Charlie Chaplin
Along the lines of some earlier posts featuring Hollywood canoeing celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Vera Ellen is this vintage pic of Charlie Chaplin paddling with style...
Source: Caris Grey
