Here's a very interesting paddle appearing in an Ebay Ad posted from Sainte-Martine, Quebec. This undated paddle has coat of faded red paint and a curve shouldered blade with notches at the neck.
58 1/4" long x 5 3/4"wide
These hook like asymm grips have been seen before in model canoe paddles sent over to Europe as part of the tourist trade. Most notably they are found in the paddles that accompanied the model canoe sent as a votive offering to the Cathedral de Chartres around 1760. See this post here.
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The paddle grip is also discussed and illustrated briefly in Graham Warren's 100 Canoe Paddle Designs book.
by Graham Warren
March 2014. Raven Rock Books.
200 pages. A5. Spiral bound.
ISBN 0 9530352 2 0
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The grip looks a bit like it would have been made for picking up something from the water, even though it wouldn't be quite perfect for that either. Picking up a rope or a line from a fishing net, fish trap, or something like that.
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