Dillybag of the Milinji
BURRNDAY: artist
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The vessel is made in likeness to the dillybag that Milinji, an ancestral hero, wears around his neck. During mortuary ceremonies, ancestors, plants and animals that live at the clan’s sacred waterhole are depicted in song and dance.
Title
Dillybag of the Milinji
Artist/Maker and role
BURRNDAY: artist
Medium
ochres on plant fibre string
Measurements
42 x 49.8 x 69 cm (length of handle)
Credit line
Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1988/0927