Aboriginal Net

85. A large string dilly bag and a rare fishing net, both were collected by Dorothy Bennet in 1958. There are holes in both.

Yirrkala, Northern Territory.

The Fishing net is 190cm x 50cm

The bag is 75cm x 40cm not including the strap.

Dorothy Bennett first came to know of Aboriginal art in 1954 when she travelled to the Northern Territory with a team of orthopedic surgeons who both helped Aboriginal communities with basic medical assistance. In 1962 she left her southern connections and in Darwin founded the Bennett-Campbell non-profit Trust to sell and promote Indigenous Australian art.
In the 1970s, in her position as Field officer for Aboriginal Arts and Craft, she put together many touring exhibitions of bark paintings and other works from Oenpelli and Yirrkala.

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