Mary Baramba b. 1938

  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
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Mary Baramba is an Indigenous artist born in 1938. Her language group is Eastern Kunwinjku. Baramba is best known for her large fish collecting baskets (traditionally named djerrks).
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Mary Baramba is an Indigenous artist born in 1938. Her language group is Eastern Kunwinjku.

Baramba began working with fibres in 1975 and is best known for her large fish collecting baskets (traditionally named djerrks). Baramba is a member of Maningrida Arts, Central Arnhemland, Northern Territory.

She is represented in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum.

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  • 96/304/9 Bag, string bag (djerrk), bark of aerial roots of banyan tree (Ficus virens) / other natural fibres / single element string looping technique with reinforced neck / natural dyes, made by Mary Marabamba, at Maningrida, Central Arnhemland, Northern (creator of)
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