Featured Items from the Abbe's Collections
Penobscot Deer Clown
• Tim Shay, Penobscot, 2004
• Museum Purchase
Tim Shay learned traditional Penobscot woodcarving from his father on Indian Island, where he was born. He studied art at the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and received an Associate of Fine Arts degree in 1987. His work has been exhibited at museums, including the Wheelwright Museum and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe and the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
This is an example of a traditional Penobscot woodcarving.