Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / cotton / jute It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast
359709482231017
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / cotton / jute It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast
359709482231015
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / cotton / jute It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast
359709482231013
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / cotton / jute It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast
359709482231010
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / cotton / jute It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast
359709482231008
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / cotton / jute It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast
359709482231007
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / cotton / jute It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast
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Burlupurr – large dillybag
Burlupurr, or dilly bag, is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the vine ‘Malasia scandens’, a strong pliable plant which grows along the floor and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The bags are used to collect any kind of large numbers of heavy foods such as fish caught in conical fish traps or large collections of yams.
They can also be made from Pandanus spiralis, a plant which grows in many areas of Arnhem Land. These dilly bags are a tightly woven collecting basket, very finely made. These dilly bags are often used to collect sugarbag, the native honey
As well as being of practical use, dilly bags are also of religious significance to Arnhem Land people. Dilly bags are said to be totemic objects and associated with particular sites in the landscape.
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Burlupurr – large dillybag
Burlupurr, or dilly bag, is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the vine ‘Malasia scandens’, a strong pliable plant which grows along the floor and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The bags are used to collect any kind of large numbers of heavy foods such as fish caught in conical fish traps or large collections of yams.
They can also be made from Pandanus spiralis, a plant which grows in many areas of Arnhem Land. These dilly bags are a tightly woven collecting basket, very finely made. These dilly bags are often used to collect sugarbag, the native honey
As well as being of practical use, dilly bags are also of religious significance to Arnhem Land people. Dilly bags are said to be totemic objects and associated with particular sites in the landscape.
111982231001
Burlupurr – large dillybag
Burlupurr, or dilly bag, is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the vine ‘Malasia scandens’, a strong pliable plant which grows along the floor and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The bags are used to collect any kind of large numbers of heavy foods such as fish caught in conical fish traps or large collections of yams.
They can also be made from Pandanus spiralis, a plant which grows in many areas of Arnhem Land. These dilly bags are a tightly woven collecting basket, very finely made. These dilly bags are often used to collect sugarbag, the native honey
As well as being of practical use, dilly bags are also of religious significance to Arnhem Land people. Dilly bags are said to be totemic objects and associated with particular sites in the landscape.