Making a Living in the 20th Century

During the early to mid-1900s, people from various tribal groups, including Penobscot and Micmac (Miꞌkmaq), set up temporary shops in Lowell to sell baskets made of natural materials and using traditional methods.

This basket, made for sale in the 1960s by Penobscot artists in Maine, is similar to baskets that Penobscot and Micmac people sold in Lowell. Records exist of native basket makers selling wares in the city well into the 20^th century.