Wendt, Pan

The Ray Sark collection of Mi'kmaq baskets / [Ray Sark ; text by Pan Wendt, Faye Pound ; photography by John Sylvester ; foreword by Hilda Woolnough]. - Halifax, N.S. : printed by Maritime Digital Colour, 2003. - 36 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Donated to PEI school libraries in memory of Elder Ray Sark (1927-1997) whose Mi'kmaq name was Kitpouapteket or 'Eagle Eye'.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 17).

From the early 1970s until 1992, Raymond J. Sark (1927-1997) collected native crafts and operated a craft shop on the Lennox Island Reserve, Prince Edward Island. He assembled an important collection of hundreds of baskets, made by numerous craftspersons, constructed from ash, maple, willow, birch bark, sweetgrass, horsehair, beads and quill.

Catalogue to accompany an exhibit at the Arts Guild, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Sept. 6-Oct. 18, and Lennox Island, P.E.I., Oct. 19-31, 2003. Includes biographical information on the craftspersons.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Micmac baskets
Micmac Indians
Micmac Indians
Basket making
Basket making