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Arhnem
Land Woven Basket
This stunning, traditionally handcrafted woven basket or 'bathi'
is made with the split leaves of the pandanus palm that are
dried in the sun and soaked and boiled with root and bark
dyes from the bush. Featuring a strong-coiled handle and large
base, this basket has been innovatively created using traditional
decorative effects.
Artist : Rosie Rodji
Size : 50cm (20") x 20cm (8")
(Soon
to be available through an online auction house)
Ramingining
Coiled Basket $ 300.00 AUD 
This
traditional handcrafted coiled basket has been created using
ancient fibre craft skills. This coil-weaving technique involves
using woven pandanus fibre, dyed and  decorated
with rich natural ochre colours. This contemporary basket
echoes the beautiful weaving once crafted along Australia's
rivers and lakes.
Artist
: Namiyal Bopirri
Size : 55cm (22")x 10cm (4")
Modern,
authentic Aboriginal baskets are created using ancient methods.
Traditionally, basket weaving was women's art. Research indicates
that the women provided about 60% of daily food, which was
brought to their families using these baskets. And today the
need for these woven containers has not diminished in Aboriginal
society. Today, Aboriginal people make these baskets for personal
use and for sale. Check out the
source to find out more!
Dyeing
Pandanus
 Traditional
Aboriginal Australian Baskets are made from woven pandanus
fibre, dyed and decorated with ochre. The three youngest bunches
of leaves from the top of the Gunga (pandanus spirilis) or
Screw Palm is hooked down by a long stick, and the prickly
edges stripped off with the thumb nail. On their return from
the bush, the women strip the long leaves into several fibres,
bundle them up and hang them to dry. Weaving may commence
at this stage and the finished article left 'white' or decorated
with ochres, or the fibres are beautifully coloured with natural
bush dyes.
See
and read more about the brilliant colours used!
Decorative
Effects
Varied Weaves
Decorative effects are achieved by varying the weave. Areas
of warp (vertical strands) are left exposed, crossed and then
picked up again by the twined weft (horizontal strands) at
set intervals to make an open pattern - Check out the
source to find out more!
Coiled Baskets
Coiling is mainly a sewing process. Bunches of fibre strands
are combined to form the foundation. Often woven in innovative
shapes and patterns with a handled attached in the European
style. It is believed that this style was introduced to the
Raminginging area by a young missionary as an adaptation of
a technique employed by tribal Aboriginals in other areas.
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