Keywords: Basketmakers
Item 108747
Paula Thorne acorn basket, Indian Island, ca. 1999
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1999
Location: Old Town
Media: ash, sweetgrass
This record contains 2 images.
Item 108746
Paula Thorne corn basket, Indian Island, ca. 1999
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1999
Location: Old Town
Media: ash, sweetgrass
This record contains 2 images.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
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.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes
"… shacks and tents were filled with dyes used for basketmaking. After dipping each slender strip of ash wood into the hot, bright brew, women draped…"
Story
Why environmental advocacy is critical for making baskets
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune
My advocacy work for the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Story
Wikpiyik: The Basket Tree
by Darren Ranco
Countering the Emerald Ash Borer with Wabanaki Ecological Knowledge
