Featured Items from the Abbe's Collections
Strawberry Basket & Block
• Strawberry Basket by Molly Neptune Parker, Passamaquoddy, ca. 1985
• Basket: 14 cm high, 11 cm diameter
• Strawberry Basket Block by Richard Love, Penobscot, 2000
• Block: 16 cm high, 12.5 cm diameter
Most fancy baskets are woven around blocks. Basketmakers use the molds to make tightly woven baskets of uniform sizes.
Blocks like this strawberry basket come in several pieces. During the weaving process, the block is held together by string. Once the basket is completed, the maker can remove the block by first removing the core piece.
Most fancy baskets are woven around blocks. Once a basket is completed, the blocks are removed by taking out the core piece, first.