Sunday, May 19, 2013

Historic Paddle Photo: Maliseet Guide Resting

Here's a great shot dated to around 1900 showing a Maliseet guide leaning back for a pose in his bark canoe...

Lunt's Ferry near Fredericton, New Brunswick
c 1900
NBM (LS-AA242)


A grainy closeup of the paddle shows a rectangular grip area with some scalloped cutouts down to the shaft

Paddle Closeup





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