Printed on this model is an iconic photograph of James Naismith (1861-1939), a Canadian-American primarily known as the inventor of basketball.

While a physical education professor at the YMCA College in Springfield, Massachusetts, he is captured holding a football/soccer ball in his right hand and an empty peach basket, transformed into an improvised hoop, in his left hand.

This 1891 depiction illustrates the origin of basketball, which was born from Naismith's ingenious idea to find a fun way to engage in an indoor, collective sport during winter, between the American football and baseball seasons.

Embodying the fusion of photographic art and sport, this model celebrates the visionary inventor behind one of the world's most popular sports.