A Ceremonial Basket (Dilly Bag)
A Ceremonial Basket (Dilly Bag)Estimate $2,000 – $3,000
- Lot Sold $6,000 (Hammer Price)
- $7,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
NORTH WEST ARNHEM LAND
pandanus fibres, cotton cloth, bush string
LENGTH: 35CM
Provenance:
Executed in North West Arnhem Land circa 1950's
Private collection
There is another closely related example of this type of basket similarly decorated on permanent display at the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery in the collection of the South Australian Museum