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Three women from Atherton outside their hut, making baskets. Although people have few possessions, every hut has these five main items: a grindstone, a bark water container, one of these large baskets, the large battle sword, and a large shield. |
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Aboriginal women utilise a range of bags, baskets and containers to carry food and other items. These include:
At the top, two plant fibre string bags for carrying food and other items. Below left, a headband. Below right, a stiff fibre bag used for straining food, such as yams after they are washed. |
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Cane basket made from split Lawyer Cane / Vine (Calamus caryotoides). Usually called a "bicornual" basket, the correct term is "bicornuate" basket, named after its two horn-like pointed corners. Cedar Creek, north Queensland. |
A decorated tjunga (folded and sewn bark container) from the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, Northern Territory. (David M. Welch Collection) |
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