Status: Stock
Design features donkeys, turtles, pandanus mats and dilly bags. Based on original artwork by V. Cameron created in 2020. Designed in Wugularr / Beswick, Arnhem Land.
Name: Vera Cameron
Language: Rittharrngu
Community: Wugularr (Beswick)
Biography:
Vera was born at Djilpin on the Goyder River and came to Beswick as a young woman. She was taught to weave with pandanus and to collect the natural bush dyes by her sister and mother. As well as traditional fibre such as mats, baskets and dilly bags, Vera creates fine hand-woven Mukuy spirit figures. Vera has also created designs for silver and gold jewellery and textiles. Vera has exhibited in, and travelled to, Melbourne, Darwin, Indonesia and Timor Leste.
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