![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sIjV1HB1QqWzTW7dKnM-vbUALNsb7yTyIc1w5ntilD7_fQvmnexhBW74zfZDX7LmVPed-Qhept6MMxn9O70XhhTCri0VqAE1p7SiWs09403sKL6fX2RgcCwKaGDW7g7l-HYMi7WBeTg/s600/Canoe+Paddle+Tripod.jpg)
Snipe Shooting near Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick
W. Albert Hickman
c 1900
glass lantern slide
New Brunswick Museum Collection (X15566)
The rigged tripod is similar to what I've seen documented in an earlier
post about Canadian artist Paul Kane.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykgMCfxr6VP8aAhulMiJRu4rO6hV2N0UWWd1WDO8pEOZ7fXjhG4vsEEpc4jKmL0Sej0xig2FC7TJD_TwUzSeHZDi7mh3Ci8aK5S4fgNKxt-2m2ICJ2kIIpMbYgfIg1jYLi8tDFFYzfSU/s800/Paul%20Kane%20Paddle%20Tripod.jpg)
Detail from Eleven Studies of Indian Life, Southeastern Ojibway
Paul Kane (1810-1871)
August 1845
A full colour painting entitled, Indian Encampment at Georgian Bay (1850) features a similar paddle tripod on the left side of the image.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwqUEJNxEZxj2r7PgjyKmNpa9s12hXGxUpFIsm1asJDqy_yG_HApTJvwIFulsxC5OMEJZMYCJIr9xTSmr1ZGDDU2gmb5IeAlshXW2XBGbvEZzcPttgJsuiSC7H-Yu1IWGL1owNPQC5Mc/s400/c010692k.jpg)
Indian Encampment at Georgian Bay
Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1995-215-1
ca. 1850
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4rXsS2OHCvI/S7KmcXnfUQI/AAAAAAAAFVI/xHUYyjB1cWE/s800/paddle_divider.jpg)
No comments:
Post a Comment