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.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Basket
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Maker
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Locality
Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Date Produced
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Date Collected
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Object Measurements
550 mm (Length), 200 mm (Width), 140 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands