Larger (at 20 inches tall) and differently shaped than the usual Passamaquoddy (Maine) examples, it was meticulously woven from brown ash and sweet grass by Mr. Frey, an eighth-generation basket-maker and self-described recovered drug addict, redeemed, in part, through his art.

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He whispers to the kindling a sweet and urgent seduction, and the handfuls of dry grass and twigs piled in the stump suddenly ignite and the young fire nips at his fingertips.

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