Keywords: Porcupine curls
Item 14417
Cake Basket, probably Micmac, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1870 Media: Maple?
Item 23439
Penobscot open sewing basket, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1860 Media: Ash splints
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
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
