The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

Miniature Round Basket

early 1900s

This object has related works. See Miniature Round Basket; Miniature Rhomboidal Basket; Miniature Rhomboidal Basket; Miniature Rhomboidal Basket; Miniature Rhomboidal Basket; Miniature Round Basket; Miniature Oval Basket; Miniature Oval Basket; Miniature Round Basket; Miniature Round Basket; Miniature Rhomboidal Basket

California, Pomo, 20th century

(?)

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.

Citations
"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67. Mentioned: p. 65 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 5, 2013-August 18, 2014).

Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 2, 2019-August 21, 2020).

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