Keywords: Wabenaki
Item 80729
Wabanaki guides with canoes, Bar Harbor, 1881
Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: 1881 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Stereograph
Item 80733
Egg Basket, Wabanaki, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Ash splints, sweetgrass, dye
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.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
