Keywords: Basket makers
Item 135729
"wapi-kuhkukhahs” or Snowy Owl basket, Orono, 2022
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 2022
Location: Orono
Media: Black ash, leather, glass bead, metal
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Item 82994
Sockabasin family basket makers, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1915,, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
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.
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"& B.F. Bartlett Saw Mill G. Cross Boot & Shoe Maker S.H. Webb “ “ “ “ D.S. Bennett Blacksmith Samuel F."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Story
The Tomah Basket
by James Boyce
Learning to make Maliseet Tomah baskets
Story
Masters and apprentices
by Theresa Secord
Wabanaki basket makers learn to weave by apprenticing with master artists.
