Summary
This knotted handbag is made with yellow and brown dyed pandanus and has two plaited handles.
Local Name
djerrh kunngobarn
Physical Description
Handbag, knotted, with horizontal bands of dyed pandanus (yellow and brown). The plaited pandanus handle is attached in the middle of the bag on opposite sides. [This is maybe the wrong image attached to the record as the handle is different - see images on page xxi in Twined Together!)
More Information
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Object/Medium
Bag
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Maker
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Cultural Groups
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Locality
Gunbalanya, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Date Produced
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Collector
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Date Collected
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Fully Extended
370 mm (Length), 310 mm (Width), 20 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands, Australian Indigenous Identity and Contemporary Life