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Duration: 00:06:30
Molly Neptune Parker: Passamaquoddy Master Basketmaker

Molly is the 2007 Maine Arts Commission Traditional Artist Fellowship award winner, who talks about learning the tradition from her mother and then passing the tradition on to her children and grandchildren. She demonstrates how brown ash is prepared (splitting and gauging) for making fancy baskets and talks about the relationship of this tradition to her community and to the perpetuation of Passamaquoddy culture. Her grandson George is also featured in this segment.

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Contributors
Creator : ASAP Media Service
Creator : Rahn, Mille
Creator : Faulkner, Gretchen
Creator : Bicknell, Stephen

Subjects
Passamaquoddy Tribe
Wabanaki Tribe
Native Americans
Basket making
Baskets -- Maine
Indian baskets -- North America

Publisher
Hudson Museum, University of Maine

Collection
UMaine Wabanaki Studies

Rights
Hudson Museum, University of Maine ; Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance