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Coiled fibre artwork

 

The show has a wide range of baskets from conventional to quirky, two and three dimensional, innovative sculptures, including a smaller version of the Grass Toyota that won the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art award in 2005.



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Basket

Mavis Ganambarr, 2005

Woven basket with handles. The basket has a large base and wide opening. It bulges out slightly toward the base. It is woven from horizontal bands of fibre in warm earth colours. The bands are interwoven with vertical bands. A handle is formed by two multi-strand loops of twine connected to the basket lip at opposite sides. Two strings of small shells hang down the front of the basket, attached to the base of the handle loops on that side.

Courtesy Elcho Island Arts & Crafts.
Pandanus (Pandanus spiralis), natural dyes, natural pigments, fibre string.


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