The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 5, 2024

Miniature Round Basket

Miniature Round Basket

early 1900s
(?)
coiled
Diameter: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price 1917.541
Location: not on view

Description

Miniature baskets were made to demonstrate the basket maker’s virtuoso skill; these tiny marvels seem to be no exception—the smallest are just a few millimeters wide but still patterned. Such fine work required dexterity both in weaving and in harvesting and preparing the plant materials used to create the basket.
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67. Mentioned: p. 65 www.jstor.org
  • Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 2, 2019-August 21, 2020).
    Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 5, 2013-August 18, 2014).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.541