Woven Basket, 2003

natural earth pigments on knotted pandanus

35 x 28cm

$300

Provenance: Elcho Island Arts, Galiwin'ku, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: NAIDOC Week, Swiss Grand, July 2011
Artwork 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. Consigned from Aymkeesh P/L to Cooee Redfern - minimum return $150