This basket, hand-woven of pandanus fibre, is a loose weave to allow water or air to pass through the basket and around its contents. Feathers are used for decoration.

Baskets have been the most important forms for storing and carrying food and possessions among the essentially nomadic Australian Aboriginal people of the central Desert.

If you would like to know more about Hand Woven Basket and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following article:

• Art on a String
• Aboriginal Culture