Margaret Yam

  • Artist (Weaver)
Kunjen weaver, Margaret Yam is from the Kowanyama region on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula. Her large open-woven rectangular bags known as "Umbins" are made from the leaves of cabbage palms and natural dyes and were traditionally used for collecting and processing yams, corms, seeds and fruits.
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Citations

  • (2009), 'Floating Life: Contemporary Aboriginal Fibre Art’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, p152.

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  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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  • Yam, Minor (associate of)