Margaret Yam

  • Artist (Weaver)
Kunjen weaver, Margaret Yam is from the Kowanyama region on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula. Her large open-woven rectangular bags known as "Umbins" are made from the leaves of cabbage palms and natural dyes and were traditionally used for collecting and processing yams, corms, seeds and fruits.
Name
Margaret Yam
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
Active Period
  • 1997-
Indigenous Australian
 
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Olkol
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW