bread paddle

bread paddle

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Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1913
Other Notes

DE = bread paddle , large, unpainted, carved in geometric designs. Paddle is rectangular, the handle is carved with rounded designs, diamonds and elipses. The base is carved circularly with a centre hole. Basswood or hoary alder;;

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-899 a
Collection at Current Location: Waugh Collection
Collection Narratives and Histories

1913/06 - 1913/07, Oshweken, Ontario, Canada, (COLL.) One of two bread paddles obtained from Geo. Johnson (Mohawk). One of hoary alder, the other of basswood (?)

GKS Reference Number: 27278
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

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