Summary
This bag is painted with horizontal bands using ochres. A single band has remnants of feathers spun into string. This bag appears to have been used and not just made for sale. It was obtained in Darwin possibly from Rev. Arthur Ellemor.
Local Name
djerrk
Physical Description
A looped bag made with vegetable fibre string and has horizontal bands of natural colour. The multistrand string handle is attached at the rim on opposite sides.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Bag
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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
620 mm (Length), 320 mm (Width), 20 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands