Maine Memory Network

Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ash Point, 1912

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1912-08-17 Location: Rockland Media: Photographic print

Gabriel Frey pack basket purse, Orono, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Pleasant Point; Orono Media: Ash, leather, dyes

House for George W. Bean, Lewiston, 1891-1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891–1899 Location: Lewiston; Brunswick Client: George W. Bean Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.

Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… stretching hides, braiding sweetgrass, preparing ash strips, weaving baskets and, of course, socializing and playing games."

Abbe Museum

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Making the wapi-kuhkukhahs / Snowy Owl basket
by Gabriel Frey and Gal Frey

A story of a mother and son artistic collaboration.

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.