Keywords: carve
Item 21232
Handmade wood shovel, New Sweden, ca. 1875
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood
Item 16788
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 37301
141-145 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William J Dennis Use: Store
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
Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Memorials 1900
"Also shows tools used to carve memorials.On back is written: T. Barney Thompson T.B. Thompson. Presque Isle Memorial 1900 Mostly Marble in those…"
Site Page
"Savage in 1959. The hand carving of the lettering panels was crafted by Savage and the carving of each pictorial panel was executed by Savage's…"
Story
The gift of a necklace
by Parivash Rohani
When I was born my grandmother gave me a part of a Baha’i prayer for protection.
Story
Masters and apprentices
by Theresa Secord
Wabanaki basket makers learn to weave by apprenticing with master artists.