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MIGWANS, Maime
- Naissance
- Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, 1925
- Décès
- ?, 2000
- Notice biographique
- Maime Migwans was born in Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island in Ontario. In 1944, Migwans moved to M'Chigeeng (also known as West Bay), Ontario. She is best known for her Native American baskets which were woven using traditional techniques. Her baskets, quilts and moccasins were inspired by nineteenth-century Anishnabe and Odawa First Nations art. Some of her works are held by the British Museum.
- Médias
- Mixed media
- Textiles
- Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
- Canadian Museum of Civilization Archives, QC
- Thunder Bay Art Gallery, ON - Resource Centre
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Documents sur l'artiste- Cinader, Bernhard. Manitoulin Island - The Third Layer Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1987.
- Glasser, Penelope. "Nokomis: Three Women of Manitoulin." Canadian Woman Studies 5.3 (Spring 1984): 40-43.
- Halpern, Daniel ed. Antaeus 64: Twentieth Anniversary Issue. (series) California: Ecco Press, 1990.
- Peltier, Mary Grace. "Mii wi Zhiiahigwanning nongo enjizhinkaadeg." Ojibway Cultural Foundation Newsletter 4.3 (June 2009): 8-9.
