Passamaquoddy Master Basket Maker Sylvia Gabriel Point Basket Gulp Barry Dana Penobscot Covered Incised

Barry Dana Penobscot Covered Incised Birch Bark Basket

band is 1/8 inch round

6 3/4" h x 5 3/4" w

growing longer with greater distance from the clasp

Passamaquoddy Master Basket Maker Sylvia Gabriel Point Basket Gulp Barry Dana Penobscot Covered IncisedA 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