Museum Assets

Asset Name Image Description Dimension Acquired From Creator Condition Reports History
hand bag made from raffia, using traditional Mid Murray technique 20.5cm wide 15cm high David Crew unknown 0 Made by local master weaver
Wood coolamon decorated 24cm long 9cm wide 5cm thick 0 purchased from exhibition
Shield, made of wood 56cm long 14cm wide 1cm thick David Crew unknown 0 Australian, bought in a clearance sale in the New England area
Spear thrower 57cm long 5cm wide 4cm thick donation 0
Sonoran Desert of Arizona – small storage basket. Donated by David Crew 9.5sm across x 7cm tall David Crew 0 Sonoran Desert of Arizona - America
Oval cylinder with curled lip with green dyed pattern at the top, Ngarranjeri (South Australia) traditional weave, made with raffia. top length 233mm, top width 224mm, height 99mm Jeanette Crew Jeanette Crew 1 Made in 2006 and donated
Small, two toned, woven bowl with internal space filled with nine successively smaller bowls. Top diameter 77mm, height 38mm, square base 45mm David Crew Unknown 1 Donated to Yarkuwa by David Crew
Made in Tasmania, small round kelp bowl with hand spun swamp grass string threaded through top, also hand spun string handle with 2 small shell beads. 8cm across the top, 7cm across the bottom, stands 2cm high, handle is 45cm long Debbie Flower Unknown 1 Donated to Yarkuwa following workshop in Victoria
Circular woven tray using local traditional weaving technigues. Top edge has been finished off with blanket stitch. Diameter 155 mm, height 25 mm. Unknown Unknown 1 Unknown origin using traditional Murray Valley weaving techniques.
Woven cylindrical shaped basket with a vertical spiral pattern. Diam base 113 mm, diameter top 125 mm, height 115 mm Lucy Connolly, Swan Hill Lucy Connolly 1 Purchase during weaving workshop