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Names

Tasmanian Aboriginal Historical Baskets Collection

IDs

TMAG17

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Descriptions

There are 17 traditional baskets in the TMAG collection, 11 of which were collected by Dr Joseph Milligan (1807-84) between 1843 and 1847 when he was superintendant at Wybalenna, Flinders Island. The remaining 6 baskets have no provenance but were made sometime between the 1840s and 1850s.

Subjects

Aboriginal; Basket; Flinders Island; Joseph Milligan; S-twist; Tasmania; Weave; Wybalenna

Dr Joseph Milligan

Coverage Spatial

Tasmania; Flinders Island

Coverage Temporal

1840

1859

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Dates

2012-05-30 23:40