Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
An illustration etched on birchbark of a Wabanaki legend. Tomah Joseph (1837-1914) created the birchbark artwork that inspired this illustration for the book Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes by Charles G. Leland (1884).
Glooskap (Gluskap, Gluskabe) is the creator of the Wabanaki people and teaches them to respect and use the world around them.
About This Item
- Title: Glooskap Killing His Brother, The Wolf, ca. 1884
- Creation Date: circa 1884
- Subject Date: circa 1884
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Locations:
- ME
- NB, Canada
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: QJ 398.2 L538
- Object Type: Text and Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Glooskap (Legendary figure)
- Indians of North America--Folklore
- Indians of North America--Maine--Legends
- Indians of North America--New England--Legends
- Legends
- Malecite Indians
- Micmac Indians
- Passamaquoddy Indians
- Penobscot Indians
- Wabanaki Indians
- Wolf (Legendary figure)
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