"A woven basket like this...can be used as a purse, but it can also be stored inside a home and act like a dresser or drawer."
-Alyssa Harris, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Cape Cod
Alyssa is a historical educator at Plimoth Patuxet. She teaches people all around the world about her native history and culture. She is also one of the youngest proficient speakers in the Wampanoag language, a language that wasn’t spoken for over 150 years because of forced assimilation and intergenerational trauma.
The Peabody Museum asked Wampanoag tribal members to reflect on collections spanning the seventeenth to twentieth centuries and stewarded by the Peabody Museum. Listen in as they share memories, thoughts, and reflections about collection items made by their ancestors and relatives and learn how Wampanoag life and culture continues to flourish today.
Carrying baskets. Gift of Dr. Lombard C. Jones, 1929. © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, PM 29-24-10/98429
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