Collection
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
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Title
Woven handbag (round shape)
circa 1932
Artist
Unknown
Australia
Details
Other Title
Woven handbag (round shaped, with hinged lid and knop handle) [descriptive title]
Date
circa 1932
Materials used
natural fibres
Dimensions
25.0 x 22.5 cm
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Mollie Gowing 1995
Location
Not on display
Accession number
24.1995
URL / Share
Unknown
Woven handbag (round shape)
Place
Where the work was made
Elcho Island
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997
A material thing - Objects from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 31 Aug 1998–09 Feb 1999
Referenced in 3 publications
Bibliography
Edmund Capon, Unknown, Tony Tuckson, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Christopher Hodges, Helen Eager, Unknown, Unknown, Daphne Wallace and Unknown, Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 51 (colour illus.).
Sacs, Paris, 2004, (colour illus.), 77 (colour illus.). titled 'Sac tissé aborigène'
Hetti Perkins and Unknown, A material thing - objects from the collection, Sydney, 1999, 1 (colour illus.).