Nancy Bag – Dilly Bags – Alanga Nganbe (brown)

Fabric: Linen/cotton feature fabric. Lining and matching fabric is cotton.

Colour: The base cloth is ‘chop’ brown and the design is printed offset in two colors: orange and pale yellow

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H: 25 cm (10 inches)
W: 25 cm (10 inches)
Base: 16 cm/6.25 inches.

Features

• Fully lined
• Zip closure
• Adjustable strap
• Can be worn on the shoulder or cross body
• Oval base makes its capacity generous
• External zipper pocket on rear
• Internal zip pocket
• Quality notions
• Limited edition (only 5 made)
• Fabric hand printed in Wadeye community, NT Australia

This bag was made by Kravan House, our partner social enterprise that has been employing, training and supporting disabled artisans in Cambodia since 2003. It is one of Cambodia’s oldest social enterprises.

Please note that each bag is unique and the placement of the fabric design is different and wonderful on each item.

Designer:
Alanga Nganbe

Design:
The artist has painted hand-woven string bags as the design, they are often referred to as ‘dilly bags’. These bags were essential items carried by Alanga’s ancestors. Natural plant fibres were spun on the upper leg to a double-ply and then looped to make the bags. The detail in her images is beautiful and the looped weaving can be clearly seen.

Art centre
Palgunun Wurnangat Aboriginal (PWA) Corporation (also known as Wadeye Women) oversees a range of community-based projects designed to preserve and promote Aboriginal culture and tradition, whilst developing self-sustaining businesses and programs run by, and for, all aboriginal people within the community. Palngun Wurnangat means ‘women all together‘, or ‘all the women here‘ in Murrinhpatha – the main language spoken in the Thamarrurr region. The Thamarrurr region is approximately 380kms South-West of Darwin and extends from Daly River to the Western Australian border in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf.