Cleveland Museum of Art

Miniature Oval Basket

Date

Early 1900s

Medium

coiled

Culture

California, Pomo, 20th century (?)

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Miniature baskets were made to demonstrate the basket-maker’s virtuoso skill, and these tiny marvels seem to be no exception—the smallest are just a few millimeters wide but still patterned. For such fine work, dexterity was required as much for preparation of materials as for weaving.

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