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LC Subject Heading: Abenaki Indians

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 80732

Napkin ring, Wabanaki, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Ash splints, sweetgrass

Item 80733

Egg Basket, Wabanaki, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Ash splints, sweetgrass, dye

Item 80751

Crooked knife, Penobscot, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1850 Media: Hardwood, leather, metal

Item 7534

Wabanaki axe, Mount Kineo, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: Mt. Kineo; Rockwood Media: Stone

Item 7580

Letter from Oliver Brown to Abiel Holmes, 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825-11-17 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 14424

Sewing Basket, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1980 Location: Odanak Media: Ash, sweetgrass, dye

Item 14426

Bell-shaped Sewing Basket, ca. 1981

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1981 Location: Odanak Media: Ash, sweetgrass

Item 17721

Louis Annance, Greenville, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Greenville Media: Ink on paper

Item 25043

Silver trade brooch, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: Silver

Item 80731

Band box basket, Penobscot, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1850 Media: Ash splints, indigo dye

Item 80735

Collar box and collars, Passamaquoddy, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1880 Media: Birch bark, spruce root, sweetgrass, linen

Item 80736

Handkerchief box, Passamaquoddy, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1880 Media: Birch bark, ash, pine, twine

Item 101798

Boys at Quamphegan Landing, South Berwick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print

Item 7543

Native American grooved axe head, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: Newcastle Media: Stone

Item 80710

Chief Joseph Orono powder horn, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1780 Location: Indian Island Media: Cow horn, wood

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Item 80713

Penobscot snowshoes, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Indian Island Media: Ash, hide, sinew

Item 81178

Agreement to hunt Indians, Portland, 1757

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1757 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100357

Lewis Island Passamaquoddy village, Schoodic Lake, ca. 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1866 Media: Pencil and ink on paper

Item 6657

Wabanaki trade brooch, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Location: Old Town Media: Silver alloy

Item 7350

Letter about Abenaki village raid, 1721

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1721-01-21 Location: Norridgewock; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7536

Wampum beads, East Machias, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: East Machias Media: Shell

Item 7537

Arrowhead, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: East Machias Media: Stone

Item 7539

Indian pipe, East Machias, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: East Machias Media: Stone

Item 9213

Derivations of the name Peter Paul within the Abenaki community, 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960-06-13 Location: Woodstock Media: Ink on paper

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