Summary
This canoe basket has been coiled with dyed and undyed pandanus with a plait in the centre of the base. Plaiting is a technique some of the artists at Gunbalanya have incorporated into their work and can be structural or a special feature. When combined with knotted lengths of pandanus going in the opposite direction these plaits can give the impression of the entrapping web of a spider.
Local Name
dedjkuyeng gunbunj
Physical Description
Canoe basket, coiled, with dyed pandanus (brown, purple and green) and undyed pandanus with plait in the centre of the base. It has a single coiled rigid handle that emerges from the last coil bundle on the rim.
Significance
Miriam Nganjmirra produced loosely coiled twined baskets, sometimes with additions of plaited pandanus. She practiced basket making until her death in 2004.
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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Dimensions
430 mm (Length), 300 mm (Width), 130 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands, Australian Indigenous Identity and Contemporary Life