Flat Basket with swastika motif, from Taiwan / Artist Unknown, China
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.36
- Title
- Flat Basket with swastika motif, from Taiwan
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Medium and Support
- woven bamboo
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
- Dimensions
- 7 cm x 38.5 cm x 38.5 cm (2 3/4 in. x 15 3/16 in. x 15 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Basketry
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- basket
- Physical Description
- Flat woven bamboo basket with geometric pattern in red and black
- Subject Matter
- Flat woven bamboo basket with geometric pattern in red and black and the design of a swastika ("wan") in the middle, which is a homophone for "ten-thousand" and is used in various combinations to suggest "endless;" therefore, it is believed that this basket may have been used at a wedding or birthday celebration.
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- grass (plant material)
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2006/2.36
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-2.36/2006_2.36.jpg
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"Flat Basket with swastika motif, from Taiwan; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-2.36/2006_2.36.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
