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Image Not Available for Tying sweetgrass into "hanks" for the market. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Tying sweetgrass into "hanks" for the market. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Image Not Available for Tying sweetgrass into "hanks" for the market. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s

Tying sweetgrass into "hanks" for the market. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s

Creator Edith Sara Watson (American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumgelstin silver print
Dimensions18.8 x 23.3 cm
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase, with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3590.7a
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Tying sweetgrass into "hanks" for the market. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Tying sweetgrass into "hanks" for the market. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
Tying sweergrass into "hanks" for the market. Page 7 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Tying sweergrass into "hanks" for the market. Page 7 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
French habitant girls picking over sweetgrass grown on their home farm, which is made up into "hanks" and sold to the Abenaki Indian basket makers. In St. Francois du Lac. Page 6 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
French habitant girls picking over sweetgrass grown on their home farm, which is made up into "hanks" and sold to the Abenaki Indian basket makers. In St. Francois du Lac. Page 6 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Awaiting the ferry at Sorel. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Awaiting the ferry at Sorel. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for The ferry landing at Yamaska. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
The ferry landing at Yamaska. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for [Horses and a carriage on a ferry dock in Quebec] Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
[Horses and a carriage on a ferry dock in Quebec] Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The ferry between Pierreville and St. Francois du Lac. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
The ferry between Pierreville and St. Francois du Lac. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for [Rows of bundled sweetgrass drying on large wooden racks] Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
[Rows of bundled sweetgrass drying on large wooden racks] Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for [A barn beside a large rack full of drying sweetgrass] Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
[A barn beside a large rack full of drying sweetgrass] Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
Sweetgrass drying near Pierreville to be made into sweetgrass baskets. Page 2 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Sweetgrass drying near Pierreville to be made into sweetgrass baskets. Page 2 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Braiding sweetgrass in the Abenaki Indian Reservation, Odanak, Quebec. Page 5 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Braiding sweetgrass in the Abenaki Indian Reservation, Odanak, Quebec. Page 5 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Harvesting sweetgrass for the basket indiustry among the Abenaki Indians, at Odanak, Que. Page 3 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Harvesting sweetgrass for the basket indiustry among the Abenaki Indians, at Odanak, Que. Page 3 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
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