Item X 16920 Kurokura | Basket. Darwin, North, Northern Territory, Australia. 1911

Local Name

Kurokura

Physical Description

A twined conical basket probably made from burney vine, Malaisia scandens, painted with natural pigments. The neck is flared and coated in white pipe clay while the body of the basket is painted in broad vertical bands of red and yellow ochre and a distinctive pattern of circles.