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Basket Tjurtirangutjarra Purlka

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A large shallow basket made of bands of grasses which have been bound in plant material dyed in different colours and in strands of wool.

Basket Tjurtirangutjarra Purlka (large multicoloured basket), 2012, Nancy Nyanyarna Jackson, raffia, minarri (greybeard grass) and wool, 330 x 1000 mm. Photo: Katie Shanahan.