Random Order XIII

Media - 2021.41.2 - SAAM-2021.41.2_1 - 143004
Copied Dawn Nichols Walden, Random Order XIII, 2006, cedar bark, cedar roots, bera grasses, overall: 23 3⁄4 × 14 1⁄2 in. (60.3 × 36.8 cm) [irregular], Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Robert and Sharon Buchanan, 2021.41.2

Artwork Details

Title
Random Order XIII
Artist
Date
2006
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
overall: 23 3⁄4 × 14 1⁄2 in. (60.3 × 36.8 cm) [irregular]
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Sharon Buchanan
Mediums
Mediums Description
cedar bark, cedar roots, bera grasses
Highlights
Keywords
  • Object — other — container
Object Number
2021.41.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2021.41.2

Artwork Description

Baskets by Dawn Nichols Walden often comprise two layers. The inner substrate is made with a traditional plain-woven cedar bark sourced in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Walden devised the unconventional exterior pattern: a dense matrix of interwoven cedar bark and beargrass fibers that radiate freely, in a “random order,” from a central cedar root medallion.


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