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Title

Woven handbag (round shape)

circa 1932

Artist

Unknown

Australia

  • Details

    Other Title
    Woven handbag (round with handle) [descriptive title]
    Place where the work was made
    Elcho Island → Northern Territory → Australia
    Date
    circa 1932
    Media category
    Weaving
    Materials used
    natural fibres
    Dimensions
    24.0 x 22.5 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Mollie Gowing 1995
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    23.1995
    Copyright
    © Unknown artist

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    Artist information
    Unknown

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Elcho Island

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

    • Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997

    • Local Rhythms and Actions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Jun 2022–08 Jan 2023

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

    • Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Steven Miller, Tony Tuckson, James Scougall, Mollie Gowing, Harry Messel, Craig Brush, Ronald Fine, Alison Fine, Gordon Davies, Rosalind Davies, Christopher Hodges, Helen Eager, Rosemary Gow, Sandra Phillips, Daphne Wallace and Ken Watson, Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 51 (colour illus.).

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