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- 2009 Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration
- The 2009 event returns to the Collins Center! This annual holiday event features Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Basketmakers, who sell their hand-made, one-of- a-kind, ash splint and sweetgrass basketry. Work baskets such as creels, pack and potato baskets and fancy baskets ranging from strawberry and blueberry shaped-baskets to curly bowls may be found along with quill jewelry, wood carvings and birchbark work. Traditional foods served up by the Penobscot Nation Boys and Girls Club, music, demonstrations of brown ash pounding, basketmaking, carving, and birchbark work, as well as traditional drumming and dancing will be presented.
Cost: Free
Contact: Gretchen Faulkner at 581-1904 or gretchen@umit.maine.edu
Sponsored By: Hudson Museum
- Hudson Museum, Collins Center for the Arts
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