Friends of Wood Memorial Library And Museum - August 2023

From: Wood Memorial Library and Museum
August 9, 2023

August 2023 Calendar

5th Annual Town Wide Tag Sale
Saturday,
August 12, 2023 from 9am - 3pm

Register your tag-sale today!

Nowashe Pottery Family Fun Day
Saturday, August 12, 2023
from 11am - 4pm

Join us in Nowashe Village for a fun-filled day learning about Indigenous People in our region. There also will be a craft making activity for kids of all ages.

Suggested donation: $5 per child, $10 for adults, $25 per family.

Visit www.Nowashe.org for the latest details.

"South Windsor Unearthed: Rarely Seen Indigenous Artifacts”

June 10th thru September 7th
Mondays and Thursdays 9 am-4 pm
South Windsor’s archaeological record provides a window into the town’s rich Indigenous past. The town has been the site of not only intensive digs but of local of numerous surface finds. Among the items on display will be a rarely seen steatite pot; a variety of clay pot sherds with and without food residue; charred maize, butternut, sunflower seeds, and Blue-Stem Grass.  Phytolith/food analysis also to be featured and  will include microscopic images of phytoliths, explanation of foods eaten and possible domestication of Chenopodium.  

Highlighting the importance of the CT River, a fishing plummet, recreated fishing net and stakes to use as a fishing weir also will be displayed. Don't miss this new exhibit on display in Wood and outside in Nowashe Village. More details at www.Nowashe.org.

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