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Item DT 1070 bathi | Basket, Toy. Walamangu. Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1936

Summary

This basket was made for a child, presumably a young girl. The anthropologist Donald Thomson recorded the name for this basket as bathi gulkurungu, which literally means "small basket".

Local Name

bathi

Physical Description

A twined conical basket made of pandanus with an open weave.

More Information

Object/Medium

Basket, Toy
Maker

Unknown
Cultural Groups

Walamangu
Locality

Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1936
Collector

Donald F. Thomson
Date Collected

22/09/1936
Object Measurements

260 mm (Length), 90 mm (Width), 40 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Keeping places
Date Made

1935
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Wolamangu
Place Made

Milingimbi, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Arnhem, Australia
Keywords

Play
Acquisition Information

Long-term Loan from The University of Melbourne, 28 Mar 1973
Collection Names

Donald Thomson Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Acknowledgement

The Donald Thomson Collection. On loan to Museum Victoria from The University of Melbourne.

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Item DT 1070 bathi | Basket, Toy. Walamangu. Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1936

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Physical Description

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Maker

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Locality

Date Produced

Collector

Date Collected

Object Measurements

Classification

Date Made

Maker

Clan/Language Group

Place Made

Indigenous Region

Keywords

Acquisition Information

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Type of item

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