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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2013.294.1885 | Basket and lid with modern sewing notions |
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| Basket and lid, flat bottomed, made of sweetgrass? or rattan?, filled with modern sewing notions, lid has two decorative rope handles with Asian characters on coin-like buttons, blue on the inside. | 
Description: Basket and lid, flat bottomed, made of sweetgrass? or rattan?, filled with modern sewing notions, lid has two decorative rope handles with Asian characters on coin-like buttons, blue on the inside. |
| 2013.294.1899 | Basket made in Canada |
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| 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 | 
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 |
| 1000.0.1365 | Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase |
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| Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase. Labeled : Ada Rice Set | 
Description: Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase. Labeled : Ada Rice Set |
| 2013.214.1845 | Box |
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| Box, large wooden packing box with rope handles on the ends, one long side has a broken off piece; box is nailed together with no lid; marked "GLOVE" BRAND RUBBERS (picture of a left hand) |
Description: Box, large wooden packing box with rope handles on the ends, one long side has a broken off piece; box is nailed together with no lid; marked "GLOVE" BRAND RUBBERS (picture of a left hand) |
| 1000.0.1216 | Ceramic jug |
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| Ceramic jug with handle and cork | |
| 1000.0.1217 | Ceramic jug |
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| Ceramic jug with handle, approx. 10" | |
| 1000.0.1221 | Ceramic jug |
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| Ceramic jug with blue flower motif, approx. 9" | |
| 1000.0.1219 | Ceramic jug with handle |
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| Ceramic jug with handle | |
| 1000.0.1220 | Ceramic pitcher |
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| Ceramic pitcher, approx. 9.75" | |
| 1000.0.1218 | Ceramic widemouth container |
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| Ceramic widemouth container | |
| 1000.0.1031 | Cranberry Island General Store bags |
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| Artifact, 1031a-b. (a) and (b) are two types of paper trash bags bought at the old Cranberry Island General Store | 
Description: Artifact, 1031a-b. (a) and (b) are two types of paper trash bags bought at the old Cranberry Island General Store |
| 2013.294.1888 | Flat basket |
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| Basket and lid, flat basket, green bottom with green, tan, and yellow twine woven throughout, lid with twine handle, marked "Made In Canada" on bottom | 
Description: Basket and lid, flat basket, green bottom with green, tan, and yellow twine woven throughout, lid with twine handle, marked "Made In Canada" on bottom |
| 2013.226.1287 | Glass jug |
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| Aqua glass bottle (jug) with wicker surround and wicker handle | |
| 1000.0.1345 | Glass jug |
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| Large glass jug with a screw-on metal top containing a spring-activated valve to release the contents, which was probably kerosene |
Description: Large glass jug with a screw-on metal top containing a spring-activated valve to release the contents, which was probably kerosene |
| 2010.232.1914 | Glass souvenir basket |
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| Bowl, souvenir, white glass miniature Clam Broth Basket with red letters "SOUVENIR OF Cranberry Isles Maine"; impressed into glass on inside bottom: PAT'D; gold colored handle and rim; with receipt from Pine Bough "Select Antiques, Northeast Harbor" 13 July '04, and note from them "Prob. orig. sold NEH ca. 1920s" | 
Description: Bowl, souvenir, white glass miniature Clam Broth Basket with red letters "SOUVENIR OF Cranberry Isles Maine"; impressed into glass on inside bottom: PAT'D; gold colored handle and rim; with receipt from Pine Bough "Select Antiques, Northeast Harbor" 13 July '04, and note from them "Prob. orig. sold NEH ca. 1920s" |
| 2013.294.1896 | Indigenous American barrel-shaped Sweetgrass Basket |
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| Basket and lid, very small barrel shaped, flat bottom, made of braided sweetgrass or twine, and perhaps ash strips, with a blue card inside, probably from Smart Studio, reading "Antique Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s, $55". This may be one of several Indigenous American 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). | 
Description: Basket and lid, very small barrel shaped, flat bottom, made of braided sweetgrass or twine, and perhaps ash strips, with a blue card inside, probably from Smart Studio, reading "Antique Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s, $55". This may be one of several Indigenous American 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). [show more] |
| 2013.294.1886 | Indigenous American Crafted Sweetgrass Braids |
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| Basketry, Collection of 2 Indigenous American Indian crafted sweetgrass braids, one (25" L x 0.5" W) decorated with colorful yarn, likely bought at the Abbe Museum by Wini Smart a few years after 2000, the other (39" L x 0.5" W) tied with yellow yarn; both intended to waft a sweet smell into a room | 
Description: Basketry, Collection of 2 Indigenous American Indian crafted sweetgrass braids, one (25" L x 0.5" W) decorated with colorful yarn, likely bought at the Abbe Museum by Wini Smart a few years after 2000, the other (39" L x 0.5" W) tied with yellow yarn; both intended to waft a sweet smell into a room |
| 2013.294.1900 | Indigenous American Sweetgrass Basket |
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| Basket and lid, flat bottom, Indigenous American creation, made of braided sweetgrass and natural and green flat splint fiber, with a blue card inside reading "(printed) Smart Studio Antiques, Maine Street, Northeast Harbor Maine, 276-5152, (handwritten) Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s", and on the back of the card "$145" | 
Description: Basket and lid, flat bottom, Indigenous American creation, made of braided sweetgrass and natural and green flat splint fiber, with a blue card inside reading "(printed) Smart Studio Antiques, Maine Street, Northeast Harbor Maine, 276-5152, (handwritten) Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s", and on the back of the card "$145" |
| 1000.0.1258 | Iron pot with fire starter |
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| Pot, kerosene pot with fire starter | |
| 2013.224.1884 | Janet Roberts ceramics |
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| Pottery, Collection of 3 clay pieces made on GCI by Janet Roberts, showing how local indigenous groups, might have made a cooking pot; a) proto-bottom showing the coiling of clay rope to form a surface, 2.5" diam; b) continuing spiraling the clay rope upwards to make a wall, and a part cut away to better show the construction, 3.5" diam x 2" H; c) smoothed, decorated, and fired final pot with incised chevrons near the mouth, raked on the body, also net-like impresses on the body, and a rounded bottom, 5.5" L, 4.25" diam, 0.5" thick | 
Description: Pottery, Collection of 3 clay pieces made on GCI by Janet Roberts, showing how local indigenous groups, might have made a cooking pot; a) proto-bottom showing the coiling of clay rope to form a surface, 2.5" diam; b) continuing spiraling the clay rope upwards to make a wall, and a part cut away to better show the construction, 3.5" diam x 2" H; c) smoothed, decorated, and fired final pot with incised chevrons near the mouth, raked on the body, also net-like impresses on the body, and a rounded bottom, 5.5" L, 4.25" diam, 0.5" thick [show more] |
| 2017.382.2157 | Large ceramic crock pot |
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| Large beige ceramic crock pot with lid. Exterior stamped with black circular logo: MOPOCO WARE 2. | 
Description: Large beige ceramic crock pot with lid. Exterior stamped with black circular logo: MOPOCO WARE 2. |
| 1000.0.1344 | Large enamel pitcher |
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| Large enamel pitcher (5 Gallon) | |
| 2023.651.3141 | Lifeboat Rations |
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| Rations would have been stored in the lifeboat’s emergency kit. This one contains 8oz of dried biscuits. If a boat sunk in the middle of the Atlantic it could be many days before any lifeboats were found, so access to some food could be vital for survival. |
Description: Rations would have been stored in the lifeboat’s emergency kit. This one contains 8oz of dried biscuits. If a boat sunk in the middle of the Atlantic it could be many days before any lifeboats were found, so access to some food could be vital for survival. |
| 1000.0.1343 | Metal jug |
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| Metal jug, sides and bottom wrapped in wood, with cork, on metal bottom BOSTON CAN CO | 
Description: Metal jug, sides and bottom wrapped in wood, with cork, on metal bottom BOSTON CAN CO |
| 1000.0.1248 | Metal pitcher |
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| Pitcher. metal, 9", stamped "1 GAL. LIQ'D" |
