Passamaquoddy Suite: A Collective Geography

31 Printmakers from MECA and NSCAD University map the Passamaquoddy Bay Region

Elizabeth Jabar (intaglio)

The Passamaquoddy are believers in a power by which a song or chant in one place can be heard in another area many miles away. This power is thought to be the work of m’toulin or magic, an important part of their belief. Passamaquoddy literature is rich in illustrations of this belief system. The Flying Canoe is a story that contains many of the m’toulin elements central to their literature: journey,creation, transformation and power.

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