Random Order XIII

Dawn Nichols Walden, Random Order XIII, 2006, cedar bark, cedar roots, bera grasses, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Robert and Sharon Buchanan, 2021.41.2
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
Subjects
  • 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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