FULL SIZE HAIDA PADDLE circa 1870

$12,650.00

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A SUPERB FULL SIZE HAIDA PADDLE Ca.1870               

Indigenous paint.  Shows slight wear of paddling (small chip on tip)

These paddles have been used to get from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Victoria and back. Only a few of these examples have survived.

An old letter by the previous owner provides detailed circumstances and history of the paddle.