Item X 40641 bathi | Basket. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1930

Summary

This is a woman's basket and was likely used to carry food or personal belongings.

Local Name

bathi

Physical Description

A twined conical basket made from pandanus and close weave. It is painted with natural pigments with two sections of vertical stripes. Vegetable fibre string is stitched around the rim and a multistrand handle of vegetable fibre string is attached to the rim at the back.