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Margaret RINYBUMA
Murrungun-Djinang people
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory born 1947
Michael GADJAWALA
Wulaki people
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory born 1948
Golbordok (traditional bush honey-collecting bag)
1989 Maningrida, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Sculpture, Fibre object, natural earth pigments on pandanus fibre
34.0 h x 18.0 w x 14.0 d cm
Purchased 1989
Accession No: NGA 89.1824
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Margaret RINYBUMA
Murrungun-Djinang people
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory born 1947
Michael GADJAWALA
Wulaki people
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory born 1948
Golbordok (traditional bush honey-collecting bag)
1989 Maningrida, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Sculpture, Fibre object, natural earth pigments on pandanus fibre
34.0 h x 18.0 w x 14.0 d cm
Purchased 1989
Accession No: NGA 89.1824
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- 2003
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- Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibres NGA
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This Golbordok (traditional bush honey-collecting bag) was woven from undyed pandanus fibre (leaves) by Margaret Rinybuma and decorated with ochres by her husband Michael Gadjawala. The close weave is to prevent honey from leaking.
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010
