Rhonda Besaw

traditional and contemporary Wabanaki beadwork

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Fourth in the Series "The Strength of the Nation Lies With the Women" 
 
 Grandmother Doris Minckler (Grandmother Morning Dove)
 
Grandmother Doris 1926-1997 was Abenaki/Mohawk and beloved by the Abenaki community. 
 
Although I never had the opportunity to meet Grandmother Doris, many have shared their stories with me
 
of her kind and caring nature and her deeply spiritual gifts. 

the beaded portrait contains over 10,000 beads and took 65 hours to complete on a large beading loom.....the loom beaded portrait was then sewn onto a bag I made out of velvet......

currently on display as part of 
 ALNOBAK: WEARING OUR HERITAGE traveling exhibit 2018


GRANDMOTHER DORIS MINCKLER
10,622 BEADS
Dr. Margaret (Marge) Bruchac
Marge Bruchac portrait 15,000 beads
2012 funded by a grant from NEFA
exhibited at the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine , Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, NH and Boston Children's Museum
Mali Keating
Grandmother Mali Keating (Abenaki)
Mali Keating Abenaki
15,000 beads
exhibited at the Abbe Museum Bar Harbor, Maine and Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, NH
private collection
                                                          click on images to enlarge

Molly Spotted Elk
Molly Spotted Elk (Penobscot) private collection
                     
 Rhonda Besaw   •  living in the "Great North Woods" of New Hampshire    •    603-837-3381  •   send an email

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