Minneapolis Institute of Art

Basket

Tübatulabal artist

Date

c. 1900

Medium

Plant fibers, quail feathers

Culture

Tübatulabal

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This basket, made in the early 20th century by an Indigenous woman artist in California, incorporates locally harvested materials including grasses and roots, gathered through a deeply complex understanding of the local ecology. Harvesting is just the beginning of a long process of the preparation of materials that must happen before each artist can sit down to weave. Tübatulabal, United States, Americas

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