ARTISTS ONCE KNOWN - WOVEN BASKET

ARTISTS ONCE KNOWN
WOVEN BASKET,  
26 x 31 cm
Natural Fibre
 
REGION
Oenpelli Western Arnhem Land, NT
 
PROVENANCE
Private Collection
Cooee Art Leven, NSW 
 
STORY
This basket, hand-woven of pandanus fibre, is a loose weave to allow water or air to pass through the basket and around its contents.

Baskets have been the most important forms for storing and carrying food and possessions among the essentially nomadic Australian Aboriginal people of the central Desert. 
 
 
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