Summary
This canoe basket has been coiled and is made with dyed pandanus. The majority of the colours in this canoe basket are dry season colours, however there is a small use of the pink, the dye for which is found in the wet season. The way the women work with the natural dyes in the Gunbalanya area is one of the distinguishing factors that separates their work from others in Arnhem land.
Local Name
Bandjkid
Physical Description
Canoe basket, coiled, made with dyed pandanus (yellow, purple, brown) with two bands of open stitching of dyed pandanus of a purple colour. The single coiled handle is attached in the middle of the basket on opposite sides.
Significance
The late Daisy GorodjGorodj was an old lady who often made canoe style baskets in a combination of open and closed coiling. Fibre works made by Daisy in earlier decades are to be found in the collections of Museum Victoria.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Basket
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Locality
Gunbalanya, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Fully Extended
460 mm (Length), 300 mm (Width), 380 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands, Australian Indigenous Identity and Contemporary Life