Hausa Basket
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- Title Hausa Basket
- Category Utilitarian
- Medium Woven Grasses
- Dimensions 7.75"h x 10.5"w x 10.5"d
- Notes The Hausa people made woven grass baskets used to carry and store grains, as well as other things important to daily life. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, very few African baskets were being exhibited or collected, despite the popularity of Native American baskets*. The Matters liked and purchased this basket before they had become more admired. While their purpose is utilitarian, the intricate designs garnered them artistic value. They are from Hausa traders or found in native markets. *Enid Schildkrout, “Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art.” (African Arts, vol. 42, no.2, 2009), 44-55.
- Artist Hausa People Nigerian
- Credit Clyde and Annie Matters Collection
- Location Library Art Storage J3
- Accession Number 1994.0036
- Status Checked Out
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