Jawun (Bicornual basket)

Desley Henry, Jirrbal / Australian, 1951 - 2005
Murray Upper
Queensland
Australia

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1990s

Lawyer cane (Calamus caryotoides and c. australis)

Overall: 8 1/4 × 12 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (21 × 32 × 19 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner

2016.1.152

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina; given to present collection, 2016.

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