Cooking Bowl

Cleveland Museum of Art

The bowl, titled "Cooking Bowl" by an unknown artist, is a large, rounded, woven basket. The bowl's body is made of light-brown wicker or straw material, woven into horizontal lines that wrap around the bowl. Dark-brown designs are woven into the bowl in a zigzag pattern, resembling a lightning bolt or abstract geometric shapes. The designs are positioned in two horizontal rows that wrap around the bowl. The bowl's interior is empty and visible, with the same light-brown color as the exterior. The background of the image is a gradient gray color, transitioning from dark at the top to light at the bottom. The bowl casts a shadow on the surface below it.