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| Indigenous American Sweetgrass Basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Indigenous American Sweetgrass Basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, flat bottom, Indigenous American creation, made of braided sweetgrass and natural and green flat splint fiber, with a blue card inside reading "(printed) Smart Studio Antiques, Maine Street, Northeast Harbor Maine, 276-5152, (handwritten) Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s", and on the back of the card "$145" | ||
| Indigenous American barrel-shaped Sweetgrass Basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Indigenous American barrel-shaped Sweetgrass Basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, very small barrel shaped, flat bottom, made of braided sweetgrass or twine, and perhaps ash strips, with a blue card inside, probably from Smart Studio, reading "Antique Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s, $55". This may be one of several Indigenous American basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs. Shaw visit 9/25/14). [show more] | ||
| Indigenous American Crafted Sweetgrass Braids Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Indigenous American Crafted Sweetgrass Braids Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basketry, Collection of 2 Indigenous American Indian crafted sweetgrass braids, one (25" L x 0.5" W) decorated with colorful yarn, likely bought at the Abbe Museum by Wini Smart a few years after 2000, the other (39" L x 0.5" W) tied with yellow yarn; both intended to waft a sweet smell into a room | |||
| Janet Roberts ceramics Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Janet Roberts ceramics Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Pottery, Collection of 3 clay pieces made on GCI by Janet Roberts, showing how local indigenous groups, might have made a cooking pot; a) proto-bottom showing the coiling of clay rope to form a surface, 2.5" diam; b) continuing spiraling the clay rope upwards to make a wall, and a part cut away to better show the construction, 3.5" diam x 2" H; c) smoothed, decorated, and fired final pot with incised chevrons near the mouth, raked on the body, also net-like impresses on the body, and a rounded bottom, 5.5" L, 4.25" diam, 0.5" thick [show more] | |||
| Small wooden basket. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Small wooden basket. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Small woven basket. The basket has a small handle that can be used to open the basket. There is a latch for the basket to close, but it looks as though it broke. This basket looks like it was probably used to hold small objects like jewelry or small children's toys. | ||
| Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase. Labeled : Ada Rice Set | |||
| Steamer trunk Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Steamer trunk Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Steamer trunk with metal bottom with inset wheels, reinforced metal corners and edges, wooden slats on all sides including top and bottom to protect the exterior sides, a leather handle on each short side (one handle broken), with remains of two paper shipping labels: on the bottom, RECEIPT COLLECT 353551 WAYBILL LABEL BOSTON MASS AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS NOV ??? 18; on the short side, unreadable; written inside on the bottom: C.M. Gott | |||
| Basket and lid with modern sewing notions Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Basket and lid with modern sewing notions Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, flat bottomed, made of sweetgrass? or rattan?, filled with modern sewing notions, lid has two decorative rope handles with Asian characters on coin-like buttons, blue on the inside. | |||
| Native American sweetgrass whisk brooms Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American sweetgrass whisk brooms Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two Native American sweetgrass whisk brooms with braided loop handles, one (10" L, handle 3" across) decorated with purple twine, the other (9.5" L, handle 3" across) tied with green twine. The broom with the green twine was one of several basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs. Shaw visit 9/25/14). [show more] | |||
| Native American comb or wall-pocket basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American comb or wall-pocket basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket, small comb or wall pocket basket woven of natural and red fibers, suitable to hold hair combs, keys, paper clips. This type of basket was made by the Wabanaki for sale to visitors during the late 19th-early 20th century. | |||
| Flat basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Flat basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, flat basket, green bottom with green, tan, and yellow twine woven throughout, lid with twine handle, marked "Made In Canada" on bottom | |||
| Native American sweetgrass basket with lid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American sweetgrass basket with lid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket, rectangular, with attached lid, woven with flat fiber and braided sweet grass, with thin green borders on lid and body, two sweetgrass handles, loop on lid. This purse was one of several basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs. Shaw visit to GCIHS 9/25/14).] | |||
| Native American miniature sweetgrass basket (Passamaquoddy) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American miniature sweetgrass basket (Passamaquoddy) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, extremely small, flat bottom, made of sweet grass and copper colored strips, marked on bottom "PASSAMAQ." meaning Passamaquoddy; lid has a small loop handle. This miniature is one of several basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs. Shaw visit 9/25/14). | |||
| Native American sweetgrass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American sweetgrass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, very small, flat bottom, sweetgrass and green tinted ash or other strips. | |||
| Sweetgrass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Sweetgrass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, round, flat bottom, made of braided sweetgrass and red and blue and natural flat elements. Gift to donor by its maker in Manset, ME. | |||
| Native American acorn-like sweet-grass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American acorn-like sweet-grass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, extremely small, acorn-shaped, flat bottom, made of sweet grass and flat elements. (This basket was inside basket 2013.294.1901 in 2013.) This miniature is one of several basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail Cleveland, (per Mrs. Shaw visit to GCIHS 9/25/14). | |||
| Native American sweetgrass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American sweetgrass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, bowl shaped with foot ring, woven with natural color fibers and sweetgrass, lid decorated with purple, orange, and white dried flowers | |||
| Native American basket of corn husks and sweetgrass Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American basket of corn husks and sweetgrass Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, woven of corn husks and natural and green sweetgrass | |||
| Native American sweetgrass square shape Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American sweetgrass square shape Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, small square picnic basket shaped, flat open weave bottom, made of braided sweetgrass and flat elements, with a ring handle on the lid and a smaller ring handle on the body that intersect and fold down to hold the lid closed. This miniature is one of several basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs. Shaw visit to GCIHS 9/25/14). [show more] | |||
| Native American sweetgrass tea-cup basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American sweetgrass tea-cup basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket, cup and saucer design, extremely small, flat bottom, woven of sweetgrass and darker brown shiney ribbon-like material (resembles magnetic tape), cup is attached to saucer. (Could this be example of 1930s "Hong Kong" paper twine?) | |||
| Native American sweetgrass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American sweetgrass basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, flat bottom, woven of sweetgrass and red or brown strips, with star-shape finish to elaborate hole in center of lid | |||
| Native American sweetgrass basket and lid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Native American sweetgrass basket and lid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, flat bottom, made of sweetgrass and green flat elements; small woven ring handle has broken off from lid. (Miniature basket 2000.294.2902 was inside this basket 2013.) This miniature is one of several basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail Cleveland, (per Mrs. Shaw visit to GCIHS 9/25/14). [show more] | |||
| Basket made in Canada Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Basket made in Canada Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Basket and lid, small, flat bottom, made of twine and natural, orange, purple, red, and green colored fiber, stamped in black on bottom "Made in Canada"; lid has a small ring handle | |||
| Vintage Red Bucket unknown age Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Vintage Red Bucket unknown age Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bucket. Unknown object, a red bucket repurposed for an unknown use | |||
| Wire metal basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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