Passamaquoddy Master Basket Maker Sylvia Gabriel Point Basket

$600.00

A point basket by the late Sylvia Gabriel. Sylvia, her mother Mary, and her sister Deborah Brooks are wonderful examples of multi-generational basket making in the Wabanaki communities. Sylvia’s basket-making legacy lives on, as she taught Gal Frey to weave; Gal, in turn, taught her son Jeremy to weave.

The basket has a wonderful golden patina; it is not dated, but it was probably woven in the 1990s or early 2000s.

Basket is4 3/4inches high, including the finial; 4 1/4 inches in diameter at its widest.

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A point basket by the late Sylvia Gabriel. Sylvia, her mother Mary, and her sister Deborah Brooks are wonderful examples of multi-generational basket making in the Wabanaki communities. Sylvia’s basket-making legacy lives on, as she taught Gal Frey to weave; Gal, in turn, taught her son Jeremy to weave.

The basket has a wonderful golden patina; it is not dated, but it was probably woven in the 1990s or early 2000s.

Basket is4 3/4inches high, including the finial; 4 1/4 inches in diameter at its widest

Weight 6 lbs
Dimensions 9 × 9 × 9 in
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