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Artifact		Beaded Birchbark Cigar Case Maine State Museum, Artifact Cylindrical birchbark container, oval top has deep sides that slide inside case. Covered with black velvet trimmed with fine glass beads in multicolored floral design (white, pink, green, red, blue, yellow, gold). Metallic beads in clusters of 4 puncuate background; almost all have rusted away. Base covered with brown velvet. (Relevance: 869) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Native Americans Beadwork Birch bark

Artifact		Maliseet Cuff Maine State Museum, Artifact Small beaded cuff, for moccasin or coat. LZB: long and narrow, with a rounded hump along the center top edge. It is bound with pale aqua silk ribbon. The red wool base fabric is covered with floral designs in multi-colored glass and cut steel beads. The back is lined with blue silk. (Relevance: 795) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Maliseet Tribe Native Americans Cuffs (Clothing)

Artifact		Box, birchbark Maine State Museum, Artifact This birch box was made by Indians in northern Maine and traded to Joseph Russell for as many beans as it would hold, somewhere around 1790. Cylindrical birchbark container with incised decoration and lid, label (hand written) giving details of its origin attached to underside of lid. Double curves on lid are ambiguous: can be read as turning inward or outward. Designs feature hatching motif (poss. Penobscot). NB: seams are sewn with spruce root, not moose thong, as stated in label. Lined with newspaper: the Christian Elligencer and Eastern Chronicle, vol IX new series Vol 3 no. 29, of Gardiner, Me. (Relevance: 785) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Penobscot Tribe Wabanaki Boxes Birch bark

Moving Image		The Great Dying MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:15 In the early 1600s, thousands of Native Americans died from European diseases.The great dying was most likely fundamental to the English settlement. The English assumed that God wanted this to be their territory and this was his way of opening it up for them to settle. (Relevance: 748) Find Similar Resources	Great Dying -- Indians Fishing/Fisherman Native Americans Settlements Smallpox -- America -- History

Artifact		Wallet Maine State Museum, Artifact Small wallet of cream-colored silk, covered with multi-colored floral beading. The wallet opening is covered by a folded-over flap with a scalloped edge. The sides and flap are bound with purple silk ribbon. The beaded design on the back of the wallet is of a central stem branching off into eleven flowers. Between the flowers, which are worked in clear and multi-colored beads, the background is filled with lines of beads in alternating colors, including yellow and green; blue and white; red, clear and cut steel beads, etc. The floral motifs continue in a similar manner to the front. The wallet is lined with cream-colored silk. The beading is stitched to a cotton base, under the silk face. (Relevance: 728) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Maliseet Tribe Native Americans

Artifact		Maliseet Beaded Wallet Maine State Museum, Artifact Small wallet of cream-colored silk, covered with multi-colored floral beading. The wallet opening is covered by a folded-over flap with a scalloped edge. The sides and flap are bound with purple silk ribbon. The beaded design on the back of the wallet is of a central stem branching off into eleven flowers. Between the flowers, which are worked in clear and multi-colored beads, the background is filled with lines of beads in alternating colors, including yellow and green; blue and white; red, clear and cut steel beads, etc. The floral motifs continue in a similar manner to the front. The wallet is lined with cream-colored silk. The beading is stitched to a cotton base, under the silk face. (Relevance: 725) Find Similar Resources	Wabanaki Maliseet Tribe Native Americans wallets Beadwork

Moving Image		Moose in Winter MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:02:16 To survive winter, moose need to feed heavily before it gets cold. They also drop their antlers around December or mid-January. (Relevance: 652) Find Similar Resources	Moose -- Wintering Ecology/Energy

Moving Image		A Place Apart MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Maine is a place apart from the mainstream of American society. Beginning early in Maine’s history, settlers, merchants, visitors, artists, and writers brought images of Maine to the rest of the world that shaped the State's economy, identity, and heritage. The history behind the image of Maine remains a vital part of how we and those from away view Maine today. (Relevance: 648) Find Similar Resources	Maine heritage European settlement History - Colonial Period

Sound		Willard Jalbert and the Moose Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Willard Jalbert about his work as a guide on the Allegash River. In the selection, Jalbert tells a story about the time he rode on the back of a moose. (Relevance: 641) Find Similar Resources	Hunting guides Hunting, Trapping and the Fur Trade Moose Outdoor recreation Recreation/Tourism

Moving Image		A Love for the Land MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:25:36 The legacy of Maine's farmers is the open farmland they shaped from the wooded rocky terrain. Their story is an inspiring tale of hardship, innovation, and remarkable endurance. As agriculture heads into the next century, "HOME" looks back at the last century of farming in Maine. (Relevance: 639) Find Similar Resources	Agricultural resources -- Maine Natural resources -- Maine Maine -- Social life and customs Maine -- History Agriculture -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Farm life-- History

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