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FULL CIRCLE TRADING POST Member Biography; Names: Lynn Menard-Mathieson and Dave Mathieson Location: Eastern end of Connecticut, mid way up the state. This area historically has been a farming area but like so many other parts of southern New England it has given way to a more suburban atmosphere but still keeps its rural ambiance. Our house was built about 1840 as a parsonage for the local Congregational church. It has since been a never ending project to be worked on. We are members of the Cowasuck Band of the Penacook Abanaki community although we share ancestry with Algonquin, Micmac, Scott, English, German, and French ancestry. Our strongest connections are to our Indian ancestors and we in part show this through our preservation of older crafts, traditions, and beliefs. David is handy! He makes things. He cooks, sews, welds, carves, molds, joins, and finishes stuff into something that never was prior to him laying his hands and mind on the idea, or the materials. Lynn is also handy but in a different way. Lynn’s talent is in genealogy, history, beading, organization, or she is best described as, that “need to know”. We have been making our own regalia for a number of years and have been given numerous compliments on what we have done. People have asked if we ever made any of this material for sale. Over the past year we finally started to follow through on this and started our own business, Full Circle Trading Post. We make our drums, jewelry, and regalia items for general sale as well as taking on custom orders and designs. Wampum is made from the quahog shell which has purple bands running around and through the edges of it’s interior. The quahog is unique to Southern New England and the nearby waters. This shell was broken into small pieces, shaped, drilled and polished. These shapes and beads were formed into story belts and decorative jewelry. |
18' Cheyenne style tipi. This picture was taken in 1999 after David completed the basic sewing of the canvas. He couldn't wait to see how it looked and how it fit. We sold this tipi a number of years ago and replaced it with the wig wam shown below, which the elements have claimed this year, 2007.
WOOD
This is a pair of hand drums and a small pair of water drums. These drums are constructed out of cedar, poplar, or hickory cross sections of a tree. This type of drum is frequently referred to as a log drum and these log drums were the more common type of drum used by the Eastern Woodland Indians.
Dave makes drums when they are ordered. Hand or water drums can be order with or without designs.
BOWLS
Dave loves spaulted maple. Here are some pictures of bowls he has made of various sizes, some with lids.
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Wampum pendants of different sizes available
earrings like these sell for $125
Wampum disc and nugget braclet with amethyst beads. Toggle clasp. $45
wampum and silver saucer bead necklace with toggle clasp $180 |
Wampum necklace and pendant - $260
Wampum and silver earrings are $50
Other silver earrings, without Wampum,- $45
WE ACCEPT CHECKS SHIPPING AND HANDLING WILL BE APPLIED TO ALL ORDERS PLEASE MAIL ALL ORDERS: DAVID AND LYNN MATHIESON 838 VOLUNTOWN RD GRISWOLD, CT 06351
INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO 860-376-5946 | |
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October 2007
This is a grouping of pieces we have made. A wrap skirt and breech clout hang in the back. Lynn’s leggings hang beneath the skirt along with her moccasins and her muskrat bag. Also displayed is her medicine bag, her knife and a gourd rattle. Beneath the Breech clout is a deer skin side bag, tobacco pouch and David’s moccasins. In the center is a kostoweh and a black wool side bag with black and red strap. All embellishment is accomplished by sewing white seed beads to form the different patterns and designs. All patterns are of eastern design and frequently peculiar to the Abanaki of Northern New England and Southern Canada. All work including sewing and beading was accomplished by us. 
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