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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Sister basket from Lake Tyers, Victoria Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Lake Tyers, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia Apply Lake Tyers, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia filter
Coiled basket, attributed to Thelma Carter, Lake Tyers, Vict... Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection Apply Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Lake Tyers, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia Apply Lake Tyers, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia filter	Thelma Carter Apply Thelma Carter filter
66 Vexillidae Vexillum Jukesi shells Lady Helen Blackburn collection Apply Lady Helen Blackburn collection filter	Shells Apply Shells filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Lady Helen Blackburn Apply Lady Helen Blackburn filter	1968 Apply 1968 filter
Elongated cylindrical basket Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Cylindrical basket American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mr Charles P. Mountford Apply Mr Charles P. Mountford filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Basket made by Kanu Nancy Taylor Canning Stock Route Collection no.2 Apply Canning Stock Route Collection no.2 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Canning Stock Route, , Australia Apply Canning Stock Route, , Australia filter	Nancy Taylor Apply Nancy Taylor filter
Basket Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
Ancestral hero of the Yirritya moiety: Banaitja (Lanytjung) ... Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Birrikitji Gumana Apply Birrikitji Gumana filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Hand made basket woven from sedge grasses and feathers, made... Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Carol Horton collection Apply Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Carol Horton collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter	Carol Horton Apply Carol Horton filter
Woven fibre basket from Wenlock River area, Queensland Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Wenlock River, Queensland, Australia Apply Wenlock River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Waatyl grass basket (punya) Lockhart River Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre collection Apply Lockhart River Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia Apply Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia filter	Dorothy Short Apply Dorothy Short filter	2001 Apply 2001 filter
Coiled pandanus basket Claire Smith collection Apply Claire Smith collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter
Basket Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Purari River, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Purari River, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Francis E. Williams Apply Mr Francis E. Williams filter
Fibre basket by Janice Nixon, 2008 Canning Stock Route collection Apply Canning Stock Route collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Canning Stock Route, , Australia Apply Canning Stock Route, , Australia filter	Janice Nixon Apply Janice Nixon filter	2008 Apply 2008 filter
Split cane circular basket J Davidson collection no. 3 Apply J Davidson collection no. 3 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia Apply Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia filter
Cylindrical fibre basket Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Lawyer cane and pandanus coiled basket Lockhart River Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre collection Apply Lockhart River Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia Apply Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia filter	Dorothy Short Apply Dorothy Short filter	2001 Apply 2001 filter
Coiled basket titled 'Karadi' made from natural fibres, clot... Lennah Newson collection no. 2 Apply Lennah Newson collection no. 2 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Apply Launceston, Tasmania, Australia filter	Ms Lennah Newson Apply Ms Lennah Newson filter	2002 Apply 2002 filter
Basket made from paper bark (Melaleuca) tree Groote Eylandt Women's Material collection Apply Groote Eylandt Women's Material collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Angurugu, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Angurugu, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mary Amagula Apply Mary Amagula filter	1992 Apply 1992 filter
Bark painting 'Couple of Mimi Spirits' by Paddy Compass Nama... Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Paddy C. Namatbara Apply Paddy C. Namatbara filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Woven fibre bicornual [bicornuate] basket Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter
Fibre basket with strands of fabric University of Sydney collection Apply University of Sydney collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter
South-east wind story (Dreamtime story). Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Nemigilagum Apply Nemigilagum filter
Bicornual basket Muralambeen Bicornual Basket collection Apply Muralambeen Bicornual Basket collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	North Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply North Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter
Basket Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
Coiled and woven fibre basket, attributed to Thelma Carter, ... Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection Apply Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Lake Tyers, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia Apply Lake Tyers, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia filter	Thelma Carter Apply Thelma Carter filter
Coiled Pandanus Palm Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter
Kelp basket, made by Verna Nichols Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Verna Nichols collection Apply Aboriginal Collection from Tasmania 2003 - Verna Nichols collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter	Verna Nichols Apply Verna Nichols filter
Spirit People by Yirawala, Croker Island, 1965 J Davidson collection no. 3 Apply J Davidson collection no. 3 filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Yirawala Apply Yirawala filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Painting depicts a mirror image of a partially submerged cav... Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Abagera Apply Abagera filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Bark painting Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 3 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 3 filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Paddy Namadbara Apply Paddy Namadbara filter	1966 Apply 1966 filter
Oval woven fibre basket Ursula McConnel collection Apply Ursula McConnel collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Cairns, Queensland, Australia Apply Cairns, Queensland, Australia filter	Miss Ursula H. McConnel Apply Miss Ursula H. McConnel filter	1930 Apply 1930 filter
Cylindrical basket decorated with pigment Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter
Basket made of bark - Tiwi group Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter
Fibre basket by Noreena Kadibil, 2008 Canning Stock Route collection Apply Canning Stock Route collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Canning Stock Route, , Australia Apply Canning Stock Route, , Australia filter	Noreena Kadibil Apply Noreena Kadibil filter	2008 Apply 2008 filter
Fibre basket by Janice Nixon, 2008 Canning Stock Route collection Apply Canning Stock Route collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Canning Stock Route, , Australia Apply Canning Stock Route, , Australia filter	Janice Nixon Apply Janice Nixon filter	2008 Apply 2008 filter
Conical plant-fibre basket J Davidson collection no. 1 Apply J Davidson collection no. 1 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Djibolbol, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Djibolbol, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Wambalmana Apply Wambalmana filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter
Coiled basket Maningrida Arts and Crafts 1993 collection Apply Maningrida Arts and Crafts 1993 collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Maningrida, West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Maningrida, West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Melba Gunjarwanga Apply Melba Gunjarwanga filter	1990 Apply 1990 filter
Basket Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
Fibre basket by Renette Biljabu, 2008 Canning Stock Route collection Apply Canning Stock Route collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Canning Stock Route, , Australia Apply Canning Stock Route, , Australia filter	Renette Biljabu Apply Renette Biljabu filter	2008 Apply 2008 filter
Coiled pandanus palm Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter
'Parrot basket' made from white flag iris fibre and rosella ... Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter		Aunty Patsy Cameron Apply Aunty Patsy Cameron filter	2008 Apply 2008 filter
Conical woven plant fibre basket Maningrida Arts and Crafts 23/12/1974 collection Apply Maningrida Arts and Crafts 23/12/1974 collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Gadji, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Gadji, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Margaret Banibani Apply Margaret Banibani filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Turtle Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Bayma Apply Bayma filter
Plant fibre basket Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Basket Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
Cylindrical basket American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Plant fibre basket Odette O'Neill collection Apply Odette O'Neill collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter		Mr Victor L. Stiskin Apply Mr Victor L. Stiskin filter	1938 Apply 1938 filter
Fibre basket by Dadda Samson, 2008 Canning Stock Route collection Apply Canning Stock Route collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Canning Stock Route, , Australia Apply Canning Stock Route, , Australia filter	Dadda Samson Apply Dadda Samson filter	2008 Apply 2008 filter
Conical plant-fibre basket J Davidson collection no. 1 Apply J Davidson collection no. 1 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Gatji, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Gatji, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Lubar Apply Lubar filter	1977 Apply 1977 filter
Oval coconut leaf basket Asou Omey collection Apply Asou Omey collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Townsville, Queensland, Australia Apply Townsville, Queensland, Australia filter	Ms Asou Omey Apply Ms Asou Omey filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Cane grocery basket used at a J B Youngs store in Canberra u... Peter Duff collection Apply Peter Duff collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	J B Youngs Pty Ltd Apply J B Youngs Pty Ltd filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
Bark painting 'Tribal country of the Kangaroos & their mythi... Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 7 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 7 filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Yirawala Apply Yirawala filter	1970 Apply 1970 filter
Basket made from palm tree leaf Maningrida Arts and Crafts 12/06/1973 collection Apply Maningrida Arts and Crafts 12/06/1973 collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Maningrida, West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Maningrida, West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Michael Ngulabija Apply Michael Ngulabija filter	1973 Apply 1973 filter
Bark painting 'Tortoises and fresh water crocodiles' by Birr... Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Birrikitji Gumana Apply Birrikitji Gumana filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Painting depicts three figures in canoe, each with a fish on... Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Unknown Apply Unknown filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Cylindrical fibre basket Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter
Ten Bullariidae Bulla Adamsi shells Lady Helen Blackburn collection Apply Lady Helen Blackburn collection filter	Shells Apply Shells filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Lady Helen Blackburn Apply Lady Helen Blackburn filter	1968 Apply 1968 filter
Bark painting 'Two Mimi Spirits (males) dancing' by Paddy Co... Dr Karel Kupka collection Apply Dr Karel Kupka collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Paddy C. Namatbara Apply Paddy C. Namatbara filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Basket Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter