Summary
This saucepan basket has been coiled in a pie design, which is equally divided with a solid coiled centre. The pie slice design has been described as dadjdadjkeng, for which the literal translation is 'cut, cut up'.
Local Name
djabbilarna
Physical Description
Saucepan basket, coiled, with vertical panels of dyed pandanus (brown, green and white). It has two short rigid coiled handles that emerge from the last coil bundle at the rim on opposite sides.
Significance
Noeline Nayilibidj works at Mamadawerre and her preferred technique is coiling; she produces bold geometric designs in her work.
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
280 mm (Length), 235 mm (Width), 140 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands, Australian Indigenous Identity and Contemporary Life