Passamaquoddy Sweetgrass Baskets

Maine Indian/Wabanaki Baskets of the Northeast Woodlands – Traditional baskets of brown ash woodsplints & sweetgrass

Deborah Gabriel Brooks

PASSAMAQUODDY WEAVER

The Wabanaki tribes are composed of five tribes in the Northeast woodlands of Maine and the Maritimes: The Passamaquooddy, Maliseets, Penobscot, and Micmac. Maine Indian Passamaquoddy basketry is centuries old. The weavers of today are continuing to keep the rich traditions of the Passamaquoddy people alive with this heritage art form. Read more..

All baskets are woven by Passamaquoddy weaver, Deborah Gabriel Brooks in the traditional manner of the Maine Indian “People of the Dawn”. Each authentic basket is signed & dated by the artist and handwoven of brown ash and handpicked sweetgrass from saltwater marshes in Maine.

A Time Honored Heritage Art

Earthy Natural Materials

Braided Grass

Maine Marshes

Braided & Unbraided

Each basket is constructed using Maine sweetgrass.

Ash Wood Splints

Brown Ash Tree Wood Splints

Natural & Dyed Ash

Constructed of brown ash, hand sized, scraped, split and cut.

Tools

Sizers, Blocks,

Passed Down in Family

Tools & equipment gifted from earlier generations.

Family Heritage

Past Weavers

Family Affair

Family lineage of Passamaquoddy basket weavers

Who We Are

About Us

We have been making baskets professionally for over 30 years and love to design & create with texture and color! We follow the design of traditional baskets, yet add a twist of our own unique style in each one.

Born on the Passamaquoddy reservation at Indian Township, Maine, I was introduced to basket making early as a child and have many fond memories of my mother and other family members helping me to learn and understand the art of weaving.