basket
- Museum number
- 2011,8036.7
- Description
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Basket,White birch (Betula pubescens) bark strips loosely plaited and glued so that the silver surface is inside and the inner tan surface of the bark faces outwards.
- Production date
- 1998-2003
- Dimensions
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Height: 21.20 centimetres
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Length: 22 centimetres
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Width: 28 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For similar baskets, see exhibition catalogue, 'Barked', The Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo 2012, pp. 86-89.
See 2011,8036.6 for more on Kosonen's use of birch bark.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2016-2017: 12 November - 22 January, BM, G90a, 'Modern design and graphics: a selection of objects and prints from post-war Europe in the British Museum'
2019 4 May – 28 Jul, Weston Park Museum, Sheffield, Nordic by Nature
2019 5 Aug- 31 Oct, Old Gala House, Galashields, Nordic by Nature
2019-2020 16 Feb – 1 Feb, Thurso Art Gallery, Caithness, Nordic by Nature
2020 15 Feb – 19 Mar and 22 Jul – 20 Sep, Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar, Nordic by Nature
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by donor from the artist in 2003
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2011,8036.7
