Item X 37658 bathi mindirr | Basket. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1930

Summary

This is probably a man's basket with the rim stitched with string using blanket stitch. The body is painted with a distinctive diamond pattern indicating it belonged to a Yirritja clan.

Local Name

bathi mindirr

Physical Description

A twined conical basket made from pandanus with a close weave and decorated with natural pigments. The body of the basket is decorated with diamond patterning. The rim is stitched with vegetable fibre string using a blanket stitch. The multi-strand vegetable fibre string handle is attached to the rim at the back of the basket.