Twisted Path:
Contemporary Native American Artists Walking in Two Worlds
December 4, 2008 - January 5, 2010
Above: Blanket Stories, Three Sisters, Cousin Rose, Four Pelts, and Sky Woman
Artist: Marie Watt, Seneca
Media: wool blankets, steel and cedar
“My work is about social and cultural histories imbedded in commonplace objects.”
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2009 Waponahki Student Art Show
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This delicate, intricately carved doll belonged to Andrew Dana, a Penobscot born in Februrary 1898.
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This 8 inch "Urchin" basket is painstakingly woven from brown ash and trimmed with sweet grass from the coastal marshes of Maine. Penobscot artist Sarah Sockbeson is one of the new, up and coming basket weavers. Her innovative designs are catching the eye of serious basket collectors.
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