Description MAGWINTEGWAK: A LEGACY OF PENOBSCOT BASKETRY EXHIBITION CATALOGUE Magwintegwak: A Legacy of Penobscot Basketry highlights the impact of Penobscot citizen and tribal advocate Robert H. Anderson (1929-2020) and his lasting archival efforts to preserve Penobscot basketry. Referred to as magwintegwak, or ‘a place of choppy seas’ in the Penobscot language, the Shay and Anderson families operated a business on Lincolnville Beach in Maine for almost seventy years and created a marketplace and thriving community for Wabanaki basketmakers. Magwintegwak: A Legacy of Penobscot Basketry was curated by Theresa Secord and Sarah Sockbeson, with Gretchen Faulkner as Curatorial Advisor and A. Sky Heller providing Registration support. This exhibition (May 25, 2024 – January 5, 2025) traces the rise of the family business, as well as their own basket making practices, and showcases extraordinary examples of styles and traditions of Penobscot basketry from the 1800s to today.
