Summary
This circular basket by Dorothy Dullman has been coiled and is made with horizontal bands of dyed pandanus (brown and yellow) with a single band of open stich coils at the baskets base. It has a rigid coiled handle stitched into the rim on opposite sides.
Dorothy makes coiled baskets and experiments with combinations of techniques in mat forms.
Local Name
Badjkid
Physical Description
Circular basket, coiled, made with horizontal bands of dyed pandanus (brown and yellow) with a single band of open stitch coils at the baskets base. It has a rigid coiled handle stitched into the rim on opposite sides.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Basket
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Maker
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Locality
Gunbalanya, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Fully Extended
500 mm (Length), 340 mm (Width), 520 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands, Australian Indigenous Identity and Contemporary Life