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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
Small carved wooden box
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Small carved wooden box
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Box, small wooden box carved from one piece of wood, and with separate sliding cover, for lancet 1000.153.1131
Wire metal basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Wire metal basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Basket, wire metal basket
Iron pot with fire starter
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Iron pot with fire starter
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Pot, kerosene pot with fire starter
Large ceramic crock pot
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Large ceramic crock pot
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Large beige ceramic crock pot with lid. Exterior stamped with black circular logo: MOPOCO WARE 2.
Metal jug
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Metal jug
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Metal jug, sides and bottom wrapped in wood, with cork, on metal bottom BOSTON CAN CO
Glass jug
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Glass jug
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Large glass jug with a screw-on metal top containing a spring-activated valve to release the contents, which was probably kerosene
Ceramic widemouth container
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Ceramic widemouth container
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ceramic widemouth container
Round case for cheese
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Round case for cheese
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Artifact, round wood and cardboard case, perhaps for cheese or cake, top and bottom wood, sides cardboard, handwritten "J & Petal" or "J & Pural" on top
Wooden barrel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Wooden barrel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Barrel, small wooden barrel, bound with two metal hoops and two wire loops, stenciled on one end (of which one board is loose) with "A HODGDON, ELLSWORTH, ME"; the other end is open, missing
Small barrel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Small barrel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Barrel, small wooden barrel, originally bound with four metal hoops (top hoop missing now), probably originally from a store since both top and bottom ends are painted yellow on the outside as a code to indicate the contents; one end is in place, with a bung hole closed by a wooden plug; both ends have remnants of dark brown "skin", in flakes, as if the barrel held lacquer, molasses, or similar substance, but the barrel itself does not appear to have this [show more]
Wood barrel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Wood barrel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Barrel, large wood barrel, approx. 20" height/ 19" diameter
Wooden barrel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Wooden barrel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden barrel
Ceramic jug
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Ceramic jug
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ceramic jug with handle and cork