Keywords: carving tool
Item 19528
Crooked knife, Stockholm. ca. 1930
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Stockholm Media: Steel, wood
Item 80751
Crooked knife, Penobscot, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1850 Media: Hardwood, leather, metal
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.
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
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment
"… orders for items such as personalized hand-carved paddles, and occasionally, to have their fortunes told."
Story
Masters and apprentices
by Theresa Secord
Wabanaki basket makers learn to weave by apprenticing with master artists.
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
