- Date
- 1952
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.10.1001
- Description
- Crude wooden paddle. Long commercial wooden axe handle wired to large, rough. handcarved blade; wire wrapped around and stitched in X through both pieces; blade tapered at edges; 0.8 cm hole drilled through at one side near bottom; on blade, “Paddle made by Charles S. Hunter and used by Sydney R. V…
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- Title
- Paddle
- Date
- 1952
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x 22 x 151 cm
- Description
- Crude wooden paddle. Long commercial wooden axe handle wired to large, rough. handcarved blade; wire wrapped around and stitched in X through both pieces; blade tapered at edges; 0.8 cm hole drilled through at one side near bottom; on blade, “Paddle made by Charles S. Hunter and used by Sydney R. Vallance on their journey along the North Saskatchewan River in home-made boat--September 1952.”
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 106.10.1001
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