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Artifact		Glove Box Maine State Museum, Artifact Glove box basket, woven of sweetgrass and ash splint. It is long and rectangular in shape with a lid which is hinged along the back edge by lacing together the lashing of the case and lid edges. The body of the basket is woven with ash splints for the base and ribs, amd braided sweetgrass for the weavers. Sweetgrass is lashed with a single, narrow splint to the edges of the lid and the top of the base. A heavy ash rib reinforces the inside of the base edge. A flat length of braided sweetgrass is lashed to the top of the lid to form a handle. The lid fastens to the base with two loops which fit over two other loops on the base. Remnants of blue dye on ribs indicate this basket was once colored. (Relevance: 10576) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Native Americans Penobscot Tribe Baskets Basket making Indian baskets

Artifact		Square Handkerchief Basket Maine State Museum, Artifact Square, flat bodied, wicker plaited ash splint basket with lid and clock spring closures. Construction: (note most ash dyed green with exception of some alternate weaver rows for pattern). Base tightly woven standards with corners woven with thin splints and sweet grass braids in continuous rows. Corners are then turned sides up with parallel sides bent nearly flat inward to form a square opening in the middle. Weavers from base continue over top surface. Lid: Flat/square with pattern of two continuous splint rows and one same sweet grass braids. Rim: both rims double reinforced sweet grass strands. Single splint lashed. (Relevance: 5896) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Native Americans Basket making Indian baskets

Moving Image		Dianne Apt: Sweet Grass Braiding UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:37 Dianne is one of the only sweetgrass braiders, who braids hundreds of yards of sweetgrass, which fancy basketmakers from all four tribes incorporate in their baskets. Dianne shows how sweetgrass is picked, one strand at a time, and then how it is braided into a three strand braid, six pieces of grass at a time. She talks about the tradition within her family and how access to sweetgrass is becoming increasingly limited. (Relevance: 5500) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Passamaquoddy Tribe Basket making Baskets -- Maine Indian baskets -- North America Sweetgrass baskets Braid

Artifact		Handkerchief Holder Maine State Museum, Artifact Square, flat-bodied wicker plaited ash splint/sweet grass basket with domed lid, and clockspring closures. Construction: base: tightly woven standards with corners woven with 6 thin splints and braided sweet grass in a continuous weave. Corners are then turned sides up with parallel sides bent nearly flat inward to form a square opening in the middle. Weavers from base continue over top surface. Lid: round, domed with concave center. All continuous weave. 3/4" splint rows, braided grass rows, and 4 thin splints at rim. Rim: both double reinforced with sweet grass strands. Single splint lashed. (Relevance: 5140) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Penobscot Tribe Baskets Basket making Indian baskets

Artifact		Pack Basket Maine State Museum, Artifact A well-made ash splint pack basket; bottom is rectangular with crosswoven standards 1 1/8" thick; standards decrease to 1/2" near top. Sides are woven with 1/4" weavers, basket becoming rounded at corners. Basket increases in circumference, reaching maximum at 9" above base; bulges more in front; slowly contracts, becoming almost straight sided at top; opening is round. Two wood hoops placed along inside and outside perimeter at top and lashed; round, flat lid made with two layers of double standards increasing in width near outside of lid. Lid plainly woven with 1/4" weavers; wood hoop placed around top outside of lid and lashed to front to hold lid down. Leather strips riveted together to form hinges for lid; leather strip missing. Two leather buckles (broken) were riveted to bottom for form pack straps (now broken); one also at top. (Relevance: 4865) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Basket making Baskets Indian baskets

Moving Image		Spring MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03 Because spring comes so late to northern New England, things have to happen quickly and profusely. Spring is the time of year that wildlife and plants come to life again and get right to the business of creating new life. (Relevance: 4227) Find Similar Resources	Spring -- New England Seasons -- New England Natural history -- New England Ecology/Energy

Artifact		Birch bark and porcupine quill box Maine State Museum, Artifact Small round box with cover, of birch bark and porcupine quills. The lid fits over a 3/4-inch-deep lip on the base. All except for this lip are covered with porcupine quills, some dyed pink and green, worked in a design of a moose standing on a green knoll. The edge of the lid is finished with an untwisted cording of sweetgrass bound with black thread. (Relevance: 2913) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Micmac Tribe Native Americans Penobscot Tribe Birch bark Boxes

Moving Image		Bodies In Motion: The Biomechanics of Sports MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:54:36 Using athletics, QUEST takes a fresh look at the way our bodies move. Bridging the gap between research and the playing field, coaches, trainers and athletes themselves discover how to optimize performance and what to do when injury causes that performance to fail. (Relevance: 2810) Find Similar Resources	Biomechanics Sports -- Physiological aspects Human mechanics Human locomotion

Artifact		Birchbark Box Maine State Museum, Artifact Cylindrical birch bark container with lid. Village, hunting, canoe and moose scene etched on side body. Construction: body: consists of two sections (one round for base and one rectangular for sides) lashed together with spruce root. Interior bark to outside. A half round hoop is spot (spruce root) lashed to rim. Lid: two pieces of bark (one round and one rectangular for brim) are lashed together with spruce root. (Relevance: 2530) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Native Americans Passamaquoddy Tribe Birch bark Boxes

Moving Image		Rolling back the frontier MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45 In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees. (Relevance: 2499) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

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