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New Brunswick Museum Maliseet Paddles

The New Brunswick Museum website has a fantastic virtual exhibition collection that includes some native paddles. The predominant group in the area were the Maliseet who refer to themselves formally as the Wolastoqiyik. In addition to some model paddles from T.E. Adney himself, the collection includes a few full sized paddles with the beautifully carved grips and some decorative carvings. Here are some of the examples below

c. 1880 Maple with carved decoration 169.0 x 13.6 cm New Brunswick Museum, (1959.86B)	c. 1880 Cherry with carved decoration 155.5 x 12.0 cm New Brunswick Museum, (1959.87A)	c. 1880 Cherry with carved decoration 147.5 x 11.5 cm New Brunswick Museum, (1959.87B)
c. 1875 Maple 181.0 x 14.8 cm Pilick (Kingsclear First Nation) Gift of Chief William Polchies, 1932 New Brunswick Museum, (16063)	c. 1880 Maple with carved decoration 168.0 x 13.0 cm New Brunswick Museum, (1959.86A)	c. 1875 Maple 111.5 x 10.8 cm Pilick (Kingsclear First Nation) Gift of Chief William Polchies, 1932 New Brunswick Museum, (16064)