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Early Indian Objects and Baskets

Abenaki fan, ca. 1900

Abenaki fan, ca. 1900

Item 23501 info
Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine

An Abenaki Indian from Odanak in Quebec probably wove this fan.

Maine Indian families produced similar fans, selling them along with other novelty goods at coastal and lakeside resorts as well as at department stores.