Keywords: bark
Item 14582
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1650 Media: Forged iron
Item 21278
Carl Johnson's bark scaler, Woodland, ca. 1922
Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1922 Location: Woodland Media: Photographic print
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
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment
"… skins of seal and deer, baskets of birch-bark, moccasins, bead-work, snow-shows, gulls’ breasts, stuffed birds, clubs, carved sticks, bows and…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865
"… "These chairs are wholly built of cedar with the bark on and the crooks are more symetrical and handsome than I have drawn them from the reason…"
Story
The story behind David Moses Bridges' basket
by Patricia Ayala Rocabado
The story behind David Moses Bridges' (1962-2017) birch bark basket
Story
Mali Agat (Molly Ockett) the famous Wabanaki "Doctress"
by Maine Historical Society
Pigwacket Molly Ockett, healing, and cultural ecological knowledge
