Featured Items from the Abbe's Collections
Uncle Sam
• Theresa Neptune Gardner, Passamaquoddy
• Ash basket: 28 cm high x 11.5 cm diameter
Theresa Neptune Gardner could weave anything from a few splints of brown ash and sweetgrass. She made this whimsical basket as a gift for the Abbe Museum in 1997. Theresa (1935-2004) was a master basketmaker and a member of a family of celebrated basketmakers.
This sculptural piece is actually three baskets stacked one atop the other. Using this same form, Theresa made Santa Claus baskets as well.
Theresa Neptune Gardner made this whimsical basket as a gift to the Abbe Museum in 1997.