Keywords: Urchins
Item 23500
Penobscot urchin basket, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1890 Location: Indian Island Media: Plant material
Item 68439
Seashore buildings on Water Street, Lubec, 1975, 1975
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide
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?
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"… though there are also remains of oysters, sea urchins, fish, waterfowl and deer. Their size and quantity suggest longer periods of use rather than…"
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"… School 1980s • Growth of salmon aquaculture, sea urchin, scallop, lobster fisheries • New England Aquarium establishes Bay of Fundy Right Whale…"
