Jawun (Bicornual basket)
Desley Henry, Jirrbal / Australian, 1951 - 2005
Murray Upper
Queensland
Australia
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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