8th Feb 2011 - 22nd May 2011
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ

Basketry: Making Human Nature brings together traditional and contemporary basketry from Western Amazonia, North America, Oceania, Africa, Japan, South-East Asia and Europe. The exhibition reveals the extraordinary uses of basketry technology and asks us to consider its place in human culture.

Amongst the works are stunning shields from North East Congo and the Solomon Islands, fish traps from Cameroon, Ghana and Thailand, a colourful gorget from the Society Islands, Egyptian shoes, masks from the Salampasu of Angola and baskets from across the globe. The exhibition also includes large-scale basketry such as a reed boat from Lake Titicaca in Peru, a fishing weir from Papua New Guinea and a woven architectural wall panel from Guy's Hospital in London by artist Thomas Heatherwick.

More information can be found on the SCVA website.