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Northern Queensland and Aboriginal

Basket (Jawun)

Australia, Queensland Region, 1900-1932

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Basket (Jawun)

Australia, Queensland Region, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Cane, pigment, 17 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (44.5 x 57.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.192
Red pigment
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
Kevin Tervala, "Oceanic Art at The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tribal Arts Magazine 104 (Summer 2022): 106-113. Illustrated on pg. 106.
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg. 40 cat no. 192.

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