Australian Basketry
This Australian Aboriginal art string bag of dyed fiber was woven with a shoulder string by Agnes Wilinggira, a Burrara native at the Maningrida Aboriginal community on the northern coast of Arnhemland, in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Australian Indigenous Aboriginal hand-woven dilly bag. 26" #KD13
$135.00
This Australian Aboriginal art string bag of dyed fiber was woven with a shoulder string by Agnes Wilinggira, a Burrara native at the Maningrida Aboriginal community on the northern coast of Arnhemland, in the Northern Territory of Australia.
These were often referred to as dilly bags
"The dilly bag, otherwise known as yakou, yibali or but but bag, is a bag worn around the neck to hold food like berries, meat, fish etc. The Dilly bag is normally woven out of vines or tough dried grasses and sometimes had feathers or animal fur inside the bag to stop small pieces of food falling through holes in the weave." - Wikipedia
9" wide at the base and 26" to top of shoulder string.
It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity as to its Australian Aboriginal art origin.
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