basket
- Museum number
- 2011,2016.6
- Description
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Basket made of pandanus fibre. Conical shaped basket, twined and dyed with natural dyes (horizontal stripes of brown, red, orange and undyed fibre). The string handle is made from the bark of a kurrajong tree.
- Production date
- February 2011
- Dimensions
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Height: 28.50 centimetres
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Width: 12.50 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Bulpa (basket) made from Gunga (pandanus palm) using a twining process. The Gunga is coloured with natural bush dyes. Bulpas are traditionally used for collecting and carrying food and other resources.
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In the twentieth century, Pacific Islander missionaries arriving in Australia encouraged the use of natural dyes in basket-making. In northern Australia, people applied these dyes to twined baskets and also to coiled baskets, a technique newly introduced from southern Australia. Both techniques are widely used today.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 26 May-11 Sep, London, BM, G91, Baskets and Belonging: Indigenous Australian Histories
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased from Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation in March 2011, towards the 2011 British Museum exhibition 'Baskets and Belonging'.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2011,2016.6
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 11-012
