Penobscot candy basket (HM8420) What are they used for? Baskets are traditionally used for gathering, storing, and transporting items. Wabanaki families made hundreds of thousands of baskets for use in the home, fields, and woods. Who made them? Among the Wabanaki (Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet, and Mi’kmaq) basketmaking is learned by doing. Children are taught by