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One of my must visit places when I eventually get to Maine is the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor. Over the years, it has had very informative displays and events showcasing the Wabanaki canoe culture. One of their 2015 exhibits (set to close on December 19th) is Coming Home. The museum was able to borrow various Wabanaki items from various ethnological collections residing outside of Maine. One of the beautiful paddles on loan for their display is a very interesting paddle from the American Museum of Natural History:  Catalog No: 50.1/ 7780 Culture: MALISEET, PASSAMAQUODDY Material: WOOD, PIGMENT, WIRE (MODERN) Dimensions: L:127.5 W:13 [in CM] Accession No: 1914-4 Full Source Link  I've always been curious about this paddle. The surface has weathered into what looks to be a greyish layer and the grip has very unique carvings right through the wood. Another different element is the paddle's length - a very short 127.5cm (roughly 50 inches). I always thought my paddles (58") were...

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The Maine Memory Network, a project of the Maine Historical Society, has a wonderful collection of canoe related images from this area. While searching the site, I came across a listing of a c.1890 paddle pictured below. Canoe paddle made by Charles West, taxidermist and author of "The Aroostook Woods" (1892). At first glance, it may not look like anything special, but the blade has some incised decorations depicating images of fishing, hunting and wildlife. The wood has darkened considerable with age so the images are hard to see. Using my meager photoshop knowledge, I adjusted the contrast & colour to better highlight the images on the blade. You can just make out a heron, running deer, and a reclining dog. Incised paddle blade; Photoshop adjusted image The site has a magnifier viewer if you want to get a closer peek at this bit of paddle art.

For the past few days I've been highlighting great gift ideas in my brain that won't break the piggy bank and came up with fifteen favorites for you to check out. Hopefully I'll have some time this week to work on a few big ticket items too but these "15 Under $50" are a good start to get your Christmas shopping started. WALTON'S THUMB Like most anglers, I have a natural attraction to tools and have been impressed with the Walton's Thumb fisherman's tool.  The Walton's Thumb has ten unique functions with pincer, cutter, crimper, and split shot remover along with folding tools of a knife, screw driver, split ring remover, scissor, hook eye cleaner/knot pick, and lastly, lanyard ring. This is the tool that does all and you didn't even know you needed it until now.  ASPEN OUTDOOR COMPANY "SCRIBE" FIELD NOTES COVER This is a small shop outdoor company that is just getting starting to spread it's wings and the "Scribe" Field ...